Martina Feeney
Head of the Irish Delegation to the IHRA
Member country since: 2011
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Ciaran Potter (Department of Foreign Affairs) – Deputy Head of Delegation
Yvonne Altman O’Connor (Irish Jewish Museum) – Museums and Memorials Working Group
Eibhlin Byrne (Holocaust Education Trust of Ireland) – Education Working Group
Lynn Jackson (Department of Education and Skills) – Education Working Group
Zuleika Rodgers (Herzog Centre, Trinity College Dublin) – Academic Working Group
Heino Schonfeld (Holocaust Education Trust of Ireland) – Education Working Group
On joining the IHRA, Ireland established the ‘Standing Committee on Holocaust Education, Research and Remembrance’, which consists of governmental representatives, the ‘Holocaust Education Trust Ireland’ (HETI), the Irish Jewish Museum, and academics. The government has worked closely with HETI and other organizations to promote Holocaust education and awareness through teacher education programs, schools’ initiatives such as the ‘Crocus Project’, and the ‘National Holocaust Memorial Day’ commemoration. The ‘Certificate in Holocaust Education’, awarded by the Herzog Centre at Trinity College Dublin, provides teachers with continuous professional development.