{"id":220777,"date":"2026-01-01T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220777\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:10:09","slug":"hate-crime-investigation-under-way-after-anti-semitic-graffiti-appears-on-co-louth-roads-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220777\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate crime investigation under way after anti-Semitic graffiti appears on Co Louth roads \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A hate crime investigation has been launched by garda\u00ed after anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on roads in Co Louth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Swastika symbols and words including \u201cJew\u201d and \u201crat\u201d were daubed on the R165 and L1260 at Shanlis near Ardee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Reacting to the incident, Holocaust Awareness Ireland said the graffiti \u201crepeats one of the most disturbing anti-Semitic caricatures deployed by Nazis in pre-war Germany\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement, the Garda said it received a report of criminal damage, and the matter is being investigated as a hate crime. It urged those who may have information to make contact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na takes hate crime very seriously. Every hate crime reported to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is professionally investigated and victims supported during the criminal justice process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na continues to encourage any victim of any crime to report this to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, including any indication that the crime may have a hate motivation,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It added that garda\u00ed from the Garda National Community Engagement Bureau engage with the Jewish community throughout Ireland on an ongoing basis and continue to liaise with the Jewish community at this time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Anti-Semitic graffiti on a road in Co Louth\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A37MWRHSDJA2XB2YDRHPMY2ENY.jpeg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"858\"\/>Anti-Semitic graffiti on a road in Co Louth <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWe would like to reassure those of an ethnic or minority background that we are here to keep you safe.\u201cWe would encourage anyone who has been a victim of crime to report it to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for investigation, or in an emergency call 999\/112,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Holocaust Awareness Ireland said such graffiti appears most frequently in countries with \u201ca long history\u201d of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIt has been obvious that Ireland has experienced a rising trend in anti-Semitic sentiment across all social strata, including all levels of Government and media,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It called for immediate condemnation from the Government and immediate removal of the graffiti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAs a society, we need to promote empathy and education to embrace our differences. Making vile, offensive, and humiliating language taboo represents the health of a multicultural democracy,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hate crime investigation has been launched by garda\u00ed after anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on roads in Co&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-220777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}