European powerhouses pitted together as provinces bid for semi-final meeting
All-Ireland semi-final in the Aviva Stadium on the cards if Leinster and Munster prevail
Munster will give Toulouse a tougher test this year, says Van Graan
Coach says his side have momentum and confidence generated by successive wins
Damian de Allende: ‘I will leave Munster with lots of happy memories’
Springboks centre particularly enjoying playing for the crowds at Thomond Park
Pogba must learn to be flexible, says Rangnick
French midfielder had complained he was unsure of his role at Old Trafford
Finns don’t wish ‘Finlandisation’ on Ukraine – or anyone else
Model being invoked as possible solution to Ukraine crisis is discredited in country that gave it its name
The Objects of Love exhibition – the story of one Jewish family before, during and after the Holocaust
Future generations must be reminded of what is done in the name of hate
Shutting down historical debate, China makes it a crime to mock heroes
New law punishing slander of China’s martyrs being enforced with revolutionary zeal
Matt Williams: Johann van Graan’s reign bearing sweet fruit at Munster
His side are displaying a level of team skill that I haven’t witnessed in 25 years watching them
Sporting Cathedrals: Fortress Thomond, where the 16th man always gets his game
The Limerick city ground is famed and feared the rugby world over
Berlin 1945: Valery Faminsky's extraordinary photos of survival and suffering
For someone embedded in the Red Army, Valery Faminsky did not take sides when witnessing first hand the collapse of Nazi rule
Military parade stirs Russian pride before vote on Putin’s rule
Constitutional changes would let Russia’s leader of 20 years stay on until 2036
Russia asks Czech police to protect diplomat named in ‘poisoning plot’
Three Prague politicians who angered Moscow reportedly targets for ricin attack
Russians ‘invincible’ together, Putin tells muted Victory Day ceremony
Usual military parade and pomp missing because of coronavirus pandemic
Prague names square and promenade after murdered Kremlin critics
Boris Nemtsov and Anna Politkovskaya ‘deserve to be remembered’, says city mayor
Propaganda battle overshadows Dresden fire-bombing memorial
Steinmeier warns on efforts to ‘offset the dead of Dresden with the dead of Auschwitz’
Belsen: Our Story. ‘There must be a purpose in surviving. Mine is to speak about it’
TV review: Belsen’s ageing survivors are not phlegmatic or philosophical about what happened
The Irish Times view on remembering Auschwitz: Standing in solidarity
Defending with endless vigour the core EU values against those would challenge them
‘We are only 1,000, but we fight like 10,000,’ says leader of Kurdistan Freedom Party
Hussein Yazdanpanah says tragedy of Kurds is ‘we have been divided among ourselves’
Russia vents outrage over plan to move Soviet statue in Prague
Czech mayor is facing death threats and compared to ‘Nazi official’ over proposal
A Hungarian border guard, 600 East Germans and a picnic that split the Iron Curtain
Hungary’s fence-building PM Viktor Orban to lead celebration of historic dash for freedom
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: Groundbreaking book changed the view of first World War
In a new introduction to All Quiet, historian Norman Stone argues the brutality of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel changed perceptions about the war
No serious discussion of how to break the Brexit deadlock
Analysis: As Conservative Party contenders vie for May’s crown precious time is ticking away
Czechs lambast their leaders 50 years after Soviet invasion
Premier’s communist-era ‘agent’ past and president’s pro-Russian views stir anger
Russia casts long shadow as Czechs mark 50 years since invasion
Pro-Kremlin president will not make a speech in memory of the Prague Spring
Best theatre this week: a female perspective on Joyce’s Dubliners
Murfi keeps travelling in The Man in Woman’s Shoes and women in the second World War
‘My grandfather remembers sitting on Stalin’s knee’
Dublin-based woman has a remarkable connection to Russia’s October Revolution
How Putin and Trump have eroded truth and rule of law
Timothy Snyder traces our terrifying new totalitarianism to blurring of fact and fiction
A bloodless coup: The clean fight in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
The auteur’s war film is stunning, but its heroic approach reflects an industry still uncomfortable with the bloody reality of the second World War
Tadhg Furlong’s solid form hits right note with Lions fans
Ireland forward says being serenaded with a chant devoted to him is ‘pretty cool’
Trump says future of Western civilisation is at stake
US president uses speech in Poland to appeal for Western unity in the face of ‘dire threats’
Long March legend a mainstay of Chinese communist lore
Beijing Letter: Exhibitions, operas and films celebrate Mao Zedong’s crowning glory
Hungary: Viktor Orban accuses EU of ‘Sovietisation’
Critics at 1956 memorial event jeer ‘Viktator’ who depicts Brussels as threat to freedom
China’s Xi hails courage on Long March 80th anniversary
President says China should carry forth the spirit and advance in ‘a new long march’
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