Dublin city councillors have taken a High Court challenge against the State in their bid to remove Belfast-born former Israeli prime minister Chaim Herzog's name from a park in south Dublin

A controversial proposal to rename the park did not go to a vote on Monday

Yoni Weider welcomed the expected withdrawal of a proposal at Dublin City Council to rename Herzog Park but said that questions needed to be asked about how the proposal came forward.

The proposal had been criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris.

The park is named after Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.

The park is named after former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.