The IDF just intervened to save Irish peacekeepers in Syria from an al-Qaeda affiliate. For its part, the Irish government remains the most anti-Israel in Europe.
Mob abuse of a pro-Israel speaker at an Irish university is but one symptom of the anti-Jewish hatred and intimidation spreading on some European campuses (with video).
In the early 20th century, many Irish leaders sympathized with the Jewish struggle for self-determination. How times have changed.