Hallgrimsson 'genocide' comment draws Israel FA rebuke and Taoiseach response

Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson said: "We're not playing with genocide, we're playing against genocide. We're playing against Israel, we're not playing with Israel." Israel's FA accused him of "ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity". Taoiseach Micheal Martin called that response "unacceptable". Hallgrimsson later admitted it was "not clever" to generate headlines before Thursday's Kosovo game, as reported by BBC Sport.