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  • Ireland manager gets prime minister Martin’s backing in row with Israel over ‘genocide’

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    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/23/ireland-manager-heimir-hallgrimsson-prime-minister-micheal-martin-israel-genocide-gaza

    Heimir Hallgrímsson addresses the media on Wednesday. Photograph: Ben McShane/Sportsfile/Getty Images
    • Heimir Hallgrímsson accused of ‘stupidity’ by Israel’s FA
    • Micheál Martin says IFA’s response is ‘unacceptable’

    Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, backed his country’s football manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, after Israel’s football federation accused Hallgrimsson of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy” over comments about the war in Gaza.

    “I think those are unacceptable remarks; they should be withdrawn,” Martin told reporters in New York, where he is attending the UN general assembly. “Israel can’t keep denying what the world knows, and what the world understands.”

    Hallgrímsson sparked the row after saying before two Nations League fixtures against Israel: “We’re not playing with genocide, we’re playing against genocide. We’re playing against Israel, we’re not playing with Israel.”

    Martin said Hallgrímsson’s comments reflected concerns about the scale of death and destruction in Gaza, also citing remarks by the UN secretary general, António Guterres.

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