Overview
- Kielty, during Friday's Late Late Show interview with Boy George, said the Golders Green stabbings occurred against the backdrop of the 'horrors in Gaza' and called the attacks horrific.
- Holocaust Awareness Ireland said his approach showed a singular lack of empathy toward Jews, while the Campaign Against Antisemitism criticised him for referencing Gaza in response to the stabbings.
- RTÉ backed Kielty, saying he offered no justification for violence and highlighting his record of sensitivity on terror after his father was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1988.
- The Golders Green attack left Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, with serious injuries; 45-year-old Essa Suleiman has been charged with attempted murder and has appeared in court.
- Boy George said he was in the area during the attack, was left in tears, and has faced online abuse for supporting Jewish friends, and the studio fell silent when he asked if anyone knew a Jewish person.