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Schools in Kildare encouraged to participate in crocus-planting project to commemorate children of the Holocaust

Holocaust Education Ireland (HEI) is urging schools across County Kildare to get involved in The Crocus Project. The group is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to inform and educate young people about the Holocaust and its consequences. It ...

19 Sept 2022 at 19:25

Arts & Entertainment

Schools across Ireland encouraged to commemorate the children of the Holocaust

Holocaust Education Ireland, a not-for-profit organisation, is aiming to inform and educate about the Holocaust and its consequences, and is this week urging schools across Ireland to become involved in The Crocus Project. Holocaust Education ...

20 Sept 2022 at 12:12

Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood star Whoopi Goldberg suspended from talk show over 'hurtful' Holocaust comments

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her role as presenter of US talk show The View for two weeks following her “wrong and hurtful comments” about the Holocaust. Kim Godwin, president of ABC News, said she had asked Goldberg to take time ...

02 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Arts & Entertainment

Survivor, 85, tells horrors of holocaust to millions as she becomes TikTok sensation

A Holocaust survivor has become a TikTok star at the age of 85 thanks to her teenage grandson. From the family living room in Morristown, New Jersey, Aron Goodman, 17, records short videos of Tova Friedman reminiscing about life in 1944 ...

23 Mar 2023 at 09:53

Arts & Entertainment

New book tells story of Auschwitz survivor who pioneered modern dance in Northern Ireland

A new book tells the story of an Auschwitz survivor who moved to Belfast and became a pioneer of modern dance in Northern Ireland. Helen Lewis: Shadows Behind The Dance, by Maddy Tongue, will be launched on International Holocaust ...

26 Jan 2023 at 14:44

National News

Holocaust legacy ‘blinds’ some countries to Palestinian suffering, MEP says

The legacy of the Holocaust “blinds” some countries to the suffering of Palestinians, a Green MEP has said. Ciaran Cuffe, who is seeking re-election, made the comments during a debate with other candidates in the Dublin ...

14 May 2024 at 16:19

National News

Protesters removed as Irish President Higgins addresses Holocaust memorial event

Protesters have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by Irish President Michael D Higgins. It comes after some objected to the invitation to Mr Higgins to deliver the keynote address to the ...

26 Jan 2025 at 16:55

National News

Tanaiste defends Higgins’ decision to raise Gaza during Holocaust speech

The Tanaiste has defended the decision by Michael D Higgins to raise the ongoing conflict in Gaza during his speech to an annual Holocaust memorial event in Dublin. Protesters were removed from the memorial event ...

27 Jan 2025 at 11:07

National News

Irish premier to attend Auschwitz commemoration on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Irish premier Micheal Martin is set to join world leaders for a commemoration at Auschwitz to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former ...

27 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Deputy First Minister criticises Higgins over Gaza comments at Holocaust event

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has criticised Irish president Michael D Higgins for raising the ongoing conflict in Gaza during his speech to an annual Holocaust memorial event in Dublin. Emma ...

27 Jan 2025 at 16:45

National News

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas author: Don’t read novels for Holocaust facts

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas author John Boyne has swiped away criticism of his book, saying that learning the facts of the Holocaust should not be done through reading a novel. The Dublin-born ...

26 May 2024 at 00:01

National News

‘It can very easily happen again’: Irish Holocaust survivor issues stark warning

The Holocaust could “very easily” happen again, a survivor of the atrocity who lives in Dublin has said. Suzi Diamond was speaking before a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Sunday. She said ...

25 Jan 2026 at 16:23

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