Report in relation to renaming Herzog Park set to be withdrawn
A report in relation to a proposal to rename Herzog Park in south Dublin is set to be from the agenda of a council meeting.
The park, in Rathgar, was named after Belfast-born and Dublin-raised Chaim Herzog, a former president of Israel, in 1995.
Councillors were set to vote on a motion to rename the park on Monday.
However, on Sunday evening, Dublin City Council Chief Executive Richard Shakespeare said he was proposing to withdraw the report, on a point of legislative technicality, and he apologised for "administrative oversight".
It comes after the Irish government urged the council to reconsider the proposal.
Earlier on Sunday, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin said the motion should be "withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with".
The proposal had been criticised by senior officials in both Israel and the US, with the office of current Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressing concern on Saturday.
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