No anti-imperialist, he had always maintained, as historian Fearghal McGarry has pointed out, that an Ireland under Home ... The First World War is crucial to understanding of the rebellion ...

Originally from former Czechoslovakia, Ettie Steinberg was the only Irish citizen to die at Auchswithze during World War II's Holocaust. Today, International Holocaust Memorial Day, we retell her ...

Higgins uses his speech at Ireland’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony to discuss ... policy of neutrality throughout the Second World War. Ireland’s RTE news outlet reports that several ...

But Ms Haskel told The Independent that the removal of Jews from a Holocaust memorial event ... She pointedly noted that during the Second World War Ireland had remained neutral and not fought ...

From cenotaphs to clock towers, war memorials are a popular ... t lose anyone fighting in World War Two. There are no thankful villages in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich has accused the Irish president of "politicising" a Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration ... current events and World War Two. She added: "The concerns ...

Mr Higgins, who enjoys broad support in Ireland, has been an outspoken critic of the war, often accusing Israel of breaking “international law” in its bombing of the coastal enclave.

Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (left) and Tomi Reichenthal (second left) as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event Israeli ...

Exclusive: Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel has spoken to The Independent in the wake of Jewish protesters being ejected from a Holocaust memorial event addressed by Ireland’s president ...