The Irish Times view on remembering Auschwitz: Standing in solidarity

Defending with endless vigour the core EU values against those would challenge them

Ireland must help Angela Merkel in her time of crisis

German leader’s unexpected post-election weakness is a problem for all of Europe

Diarmaid Ferriter: Tony Blair’s wretched legacy

Blair believed he had a moral certainty and a purpose that was superior to the anti-war movement

Mick Heaney: My father’s famous last words

Seamus Heaney’s son writes about his father’s final message to his family: ‘Noli timere’

When the Facts Change, by Tony Judt review: salvos from a social democrat

The historian, intellectual and onetime Marxist Zionist never shied away from talking back to power, be they Israelis or Bush neocons – but was also open to changing his mind

Berlin 25: The road to unification

The prospect of a united Germany faced huge hostility but became a reality just 11 months after the Berlin Wall fell

Word for Word: Trains and poems go far together