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Taoiseach pays emotional visit to Singapore prison camp that held his uncle
Fishermen ‘lucky to survive’ after boat hit by underwater German wartime bomb
UN chief describes Covid-19 emergency as the 'most challenging since the Second World War'
Police investigate after statue of US sailor kissing nurse is spray-painted with '#MeToo'
After 70 years apart, D-Day veteran and wartime sweetheart to reunite
This 'Ghost Army' used phony inflatable tanks and weapons to dupe Hitler in WW2
It's 70 years since World War II ended in Europe
Irish D-Day veteran dies just 2 weeks after receiving the Legion d'Honneur
Irish D-Day veteran awarded France's highest military honour
93-year-old former Auschwitz guard charged with 300,000 crimes
Pictures: President and British royal heckled by dissidents at unveiling of monument to war dead
Ex-cop released from custody over Alps killings, immediately rearrested over WW2 weapons
Code-breaker who broke Nazi Enigma code given posthumous pardon
Extract: The 'daily problems' in maintaining Ireland's neutrality during WW2
Michael Kennedy
Extract: ‘If I were Mr de Valera, I would keep a watch on all ports, communications and wireless in his territory’
Michael Kennedy
Revealed: Ireland's surveillance activities during World War Two
Extract: ‘Mr de Valera’s conviction that Hitler would win the war was stupid’
Paul Bew
Humiliated, tortured or executed: The little-known story of the Irish POWs
Robert Widders
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
The week in photos