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Ireland's Israel games: the Morning Star leads with Amnesty's 'apartheid' warning, RTÉ and TheJournal with a manager saying he was 'not clever' and 'grateful'

Israel's football association attacked Ireland's manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, over what he said about Ireland's two Nations League games against Israel. Three outlets report it. One leads with calls to boycott the games. Two lead with the manager backing down and thanking his supporters. Only TheJournal names the Taoiseach as one of them.

Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow
Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow as published by Morning Star · seen at Morning Star
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What happened. On Monday the Israel Football Association attacked Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson over his remarks about Ireland's two Nations League games against Israel. The Morning Star, RTÉ and TheJournal all report the attack. Hallgrímsson then said it was "not clever" of him to take the headlines before the Kosovo game.

Three outlets, three stories.

Outlet Leads with The Israeli FA's words The Taoiseach
Morning Star Amnesty: letting Israel play risks "rubber-stamping apartheid" quoted: "ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity" not mentioned
RTÉ the manager: "not clever" to take the headlines a "furious reaction", in its own voice thanks for "support", no source named
TheJournal the manager "grateful" for the Taoiseach's support "a personal attack", in its own voice named: Micheál Martin

The remark behind it. Only the Morning Star quotes it: "We're not playing with genocide, we're playing against genocide." Only the Morning Star mentions clubs based in West Bank settlements.

The players. The Morning Star reports that captain Dara O'Shea said the squad would meet on Friday to discuss the Israel games. TheJournal says he insisted they will not "brush over" the debate.

What is not settled. - What Micheál Martin said. Only TheJournal names him, and we hold none of his words. - The Israeli FA's full statement. We hold three words of it. - Whether the players will protest. They meet on Friday. - How Israeli outlets covered it. We hold no Israeli report.

This is a row over whether Ireland's men's football team should play Israel, and over the Irish government siding with the team's manager against Israel's football body.

How it got here. On 7 October 2023 Hamas-led fighters attacked Israel, and Israel's war in Gaza followed. In December 2023 South Africa asked the International Court of Justice to rule that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the charge, and the court has not ruled on it. In May 2024 Ireland recognised the State of Palestine, together with Spain and Norway. Israel closed its embassy in Dublin in December 2024.

Football got drawn in separately. Israel's leagues include clubs based in settlements in the occupied West Bank. Campaigners say that breaks FIFA's own rules. In 2024 the International Court of Justice said Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal. Israel calls the territory disputed. The Morning Star reports that a FIFA committee recommended no action in March.

Who is in it. - Heimir Hallgrímsson, from Iceland, has managed the Republic of Ireland since 2024. - Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, has been Taoiseach, Ireland's head of government, since January 2025. - The Israel Football Association runs football in Israel and picks its national team. - UEFA, the body that runs European football, organises the Nations League, a competition between national teams played in groups. Ireland and Israel were drawn in the same group. - Amnesty International wants UEFA and FIFA to suspend Israel's association.

What is at stake. Campaigners want Ireland to refuse to play. A team that refuses to play a match usually forfeits it under competition rules. Now that the Taoiseach is involved, a sports row has also become part of Ireland's already strained relations with Israel.

Where it stands. The Morning Star reports that the two games will be played at neutral venues during this international break. Ireland play Kosovo first. The players meet on Friday to discuss the Israel games.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Ireland should boycott its two Nations League games against Israel
  • The Israel Football Association's attack on manager Heimir Hallgrímsson, and his reply
  • The Taoiseach's backing of the manager, reported only by TheJournal
  • Amnesty's call to suspend Israel's association over West Bank settlement clubs
One row, three storiesSide by side
OutletLeads withIsraeli FA's wordsNames the Taoiseach?
Morning StarAmnesty: letting Israel compete risks "rubber-stamping apartheid"quoted: "ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity"no
RTÉ NewsManager: "not clever" to take the headlines"furious reaction", in its own voiceno; says "the support he has received"
TheJournalManager "grateful" for the Taoiseach's support"a personal attack", in its own voiceyes, Micheál Martin
TheJournal's two reports are counted as one outlet here.
Sources M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Ireland boss 'grateful' for Taoiseach's support over Israel with players set for talks on Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the four reports carryChart
Two of the four reports are TheJournal's.
Sources M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Ireland boss 'grateful' for Taoiseach's support over Israel with players set for talks on Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

The remark behind the row is quoted once

Only one of four reports quotes the manager's remark about genocide that the Israeli FA objected to. The other three report the FA's reaction and the Taoiseach's support without quoting the remark. Two describe the FA's words as 'furious' or a 'personal attack' in their own voice.

Amnesty is heard at length, the Israeli FA in three words

One report quotes Amnesty for five paragraphs and quotes the Israeli FA for three words. It states Israel's view of the West Bank in one sentence. That report does not mention the Taoiseach, who is the focus of two other reports.

Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Ireland boss 'grateful' for Taoiseach's support over Israel with players set for talks on Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The Israeli Football Association publicly attacked Heimir Hallgrimsson over his comments about the Israel matches.
The Morning Star, RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie each report the Israeli FA's attack on him. Only the Morning Star quotes the words 'ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity'.
Checked against 3 sources:
M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Taoiseach Micheál Martin came to Hallgrimsson's defence after the Israeli FA's attack.
Only TheJournal.ie names the Taoiseach, in two reports. RTÉ News says Hallgrimsson was grateful for 'the support he has received' but does not say from whom.
Checked against 3 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Ireland boss 'grateful' for Taoiseach's support over Israel with players set for talks on Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Hallgrimsson said it was 'not clever' of him to draw the headlines away from the Kosovo match.
The Morning Star quotes the remark in full from the press conference, and RTÉ News carries it in its headline.
Checked against 2 sources:
M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

A Andrew Walsh TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named and framed The model is named as OpenAI's and called 'rogue'. The breach is placed 'during training', a detail that suggests an accident, and the reach is again a single website.×1
Characterisation calls the Israeli FA's criticism a 'personal attack' in its own voice×1
Characterised in the outlet's own voice calls the FA's statement a 'personal attack' without attributing the phrase×1
Hedge Hedged: the cost 'may' reach shoppers.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
7 unverified4 true
From 161 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Bella Katz Morning Star
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Assertion vs attribution The body at the centre of the club's defence is described as independent and socially driven. The report states this flat and gives no source.×1
Both sides quoted Quotes the club's denial at length, then quotes the commission rejecting the club's explanation.×1
Framing voice leads with Amnesty's charge×1
Israel's position given in one flat sentence, with no speaker×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified2 true
From 130 reports we hold under this byline, at Morning Star. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Raf Diallo RTÉ News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Characterisation the report calls the Israeli FA's reaction 'furious' in its own voice×1
Characterised in the outlet's own voice calls the reaction 'furious' without attributing the word×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified2 true
From 11 reports we hold under this byline, at RTÉ News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Names Micheál Martin as having come to the manager's defence, and calls the Israeli FA's words 'a personal attack' in its own voice.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. 1. #BUDGET: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has moved to dampen expectations around this year’s budget, telling reporters in New York the government “can’t do everything for everyone”. 2. #SHANNON AIRPORT: The Ukrainian president and the head of the CIA had a short secret meeting in Shannon Airport this week, The Journal has confirmed. 3. #NATIONS LEAGUE: Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrímsson has said he is “grateful” for the support of Micheál Martin after the Taoiseach came to his defence following a personal attack from
Characterised in the outlet's own voice: calls the FA's statement a 'personal attack' without attributing the phrase — “after the Taoiseach came to his defence following a personal attack from the Israeli FA on Monday”
Characterisation: calls the Israeli FA's criticism a 'personal attack' in its own voice — “the Taoiseach came to his defence following a personal attack from the Israeli FA”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-wednesday-213-7171141-Sep2026/
M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · Hallgrimsson faces Israel questions as Ireland boycott calls grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that quotes Amnesty, quotes the manager's original remark, gives three words of the Israeli FA's statement and mentions the West Bank settlement clubs.
Amnesty warns allowing Israel to compete risks ‘rubber-stamping apartheid’ Militarism / 22 September 2026 Anti-war campaigners slam Burnham’s arms support for Saudi Arabia 22 September 2026 Men’s Football / 22 September 2026 Israel FA launches furious attack on Republic of Ireland boss 22 September 2026 Campaigners call for Ireland to boycott Sunday’s opener in Hungary REPUBLIC OF IRELAND manager Heimir Hallgrimsson and captain Dara O’Shea faced questions yesterday over their upcoming Nations League fixtures against Israel, as Amnesty International has warned allowing Israel to compete risks “
Framing voice: leads with Amnesty's charge — “as Amnesty International has warned allowing Israel to compete risks “rubber-stamping apartheid.””
Length given to each side: the Israeli FA gets three quoted words, while Amnesty gets five paragraphs — “On Monday, the IFA accused Hallgrimsson of “ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity.””
Israel's position: Israel's legal position is given in one sentence, after the court ruling — “Israel views the territory as disputed, rather than occupied.”
The remark behind the row: the only report that quotes what the manager originally said — “We’re not playing with genocide, we’re playing against genocide.”
Length of each side's quotes: the Israeli FA is quoted in three words; Amnesty gets five paragraphs — “On Monday, the IFA accused Hallgrimsson of “ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity.””
Israel's position: given in one flat sentence, with no speaker — “Israel views the territory as disputed, rather than occupied.”
The manager's words: quoted in full and attributed — “We’re not playing with genocide, we’re playing against genocide.”
Read it at Morning Star → https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hallgrimsson-faces-israel-quest…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Ireland boss 'grateful' for Taoiseach's support over Israel with players set for talks on Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Puts the Taoiseach's support in its headline, and says the captain insisted the squad will not 'brush over' the debate.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. An editorial note re: The 42’s reporting on the Uefa Nations League matches between Ireland and Israel is available to read here. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND boss Heimir Hallgrímsson says he is “grateful” for the support of Micheál Martin after the Taoiseach came to his defence following a personal attack from the Israeli FAI on Monday. Speaking on the eve of Ireland’s opening Nations League Group B3 game with Kosovo in Priština, preparations have been overshadowed by the continued controversy surrounding the FAI’s decision to ful
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/dara-oshea-ireland-israel-2-7170570-Sep2026/
R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Heimir on Israel row: 'Not clever' to take the headlines Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
Leads with the manager calling it 'not clever' to take the headlines, and calls the Israeli FA's response a 'furious reaction' in its own voice.
'Not clever' for me to take attention away - Heimir Hallgrimsson addresses row with Israeli FA over genocide comments Updated / Wednesday, 23 Sep 2026 11:43 Raf Diallo By Raf Diallo in Pristina RTÉ Sport Journalist Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has expressed gratitude at the support he has received in the wake of the Israeli FA's furious reaction to his comments about the highly contentious UEFA Nations League games between the teams. But he added that it was "not clever" on his part to have taken attention away from Thursday's opening group game against Kosovo. Ireland will
Characterised in the outlet's own voice: calls the reaction 'furious' without attributing the word — “in the wake of the Israeli FA's furious reaction to his comments”
Characterisation: the report calls the Israeli FA's reaction 'furious' in its own voice — “the Israeli FA's furious reaction”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0923/1592593-heimir-on-israel-row-…
Checked, didn’t cover
T The Irish Times
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RNZ
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
Centre-left estimate · not a score
CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
BBC News
Centre estimate · not a score
BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
Right estimate · not a score
The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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