John Boyne: How I wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The author recounts writing around the clock and cutting out every ‘gimmick’

Death in prison a far cry from Bernie Madoff’s ritzy lifestyle

Fraudster was serving 150-year sentence for creating world’s largest Ponzi scheme

Can a work of fiction about the Holocaust be inaccurate?

There’s a large quantity of new Holocaust fiction, and experts are worried about quality

The day 14 died in Croke Park: Remembering those killed 99 years ago

Victims of Bloody Sunday were swept up by history but they were ordinary people at a match

Garret FitzGerald nominated Bob Geldof for Nobel Peace Prize

State Papers 1986: Irish diplomats were asked to lobby officials in support of singer

Light-bulb moments – An Irishman’s Diary about Leonard Cohen, Ludwig Hopf, and Newgrange

Elie Wiesel: Holocaust survivor whose fame forced the world to remember

Obituary: Writer, activist and Nobel Laureate who had a significant impact on American life

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel winner, dies at 87

Elie Wiesel seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world’s conscience

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Netanyahu blows up partisan hurricane with visit to US

Israeli’s speech has raised tensions between Democrats and Republicans over Iran deal

Holocaust Memorial Day: 10 books that bear witness

To mark today’s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, here is a reading list of works that address Nazi Germany’s atrocities and their legacy

Likud’s Reuven Rivlin elected president of Israel

Winner given tepid backing by Netanyahu in contest riddled with subterfuge

Shatter warns against rise of the extreme right in EU elections

Minister speaks of personal experience of ‘racist and prejudiced’ online comments at Holocaust memorial service in Dublin