Happy Publication Day - Pomyślności z okazji publikacji - as The Best Catholics in the World comes to Poland. Strong competition for the somewhat battered Best Catholics crown! Marta Abramowicz Ireland in Poland Bartek Kiełbowicz Marcin Antosiewicz Wydawnictwo Czarne Penguin Books Ireland

From Brooklyn to Berlin, DeborahFeldman takes on Germany's "Jew Fetish", post-Oct 7 narratives and the conservative Jewish establishment - with unorthodox methods Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland Jüdische Rundschau Jüdische Allgemeine Irish Times World irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

Philosopher Susan Neiman says the intellectual climate in Germany has deteriorated since October 7th, and her criticism of Israel’s extremist government has led to her being viewed as ‘not genuinely Jewish’ irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

Imogen Stuart, Ireland's last living Prussian, left us on Sunday aged 96. My @irishtimes tribute to her on her 95th birthday irishtimes.com/opinion/in-the… @rhag President of Ireland

Poles or Irish: who were/are the best Catholics in the world? Watch Marta Abramowicz and me debate the issue in Warsaw on April 9 at the Czarne bookshop, al. Jana Pawła II 45a/56. facebook.com/events/1061580… Ireland in Poland

Berlin doesn't need to fear Moscow's disinformation trolls: it has Gerhard Schröder, soon to turn 80th and still pushing Germans' buttons on Russia -- to the alarm of leading historians irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… Irish Times World

Imogen Stuart changed how Irish people viewed their Christian legacy - and left traces of beauty all over the island. And, in answer to the question she was asked for 75 years in Ireland: yes she did like it over here. Obituary: irishtimes.com/obituaries/202…

A bleak DER SPIEGEL take on Dublin's housing "market": "Full employment and 3900 homeless families, more than at the time of the Great Famine in the 19th century". @irishtimes spiegel.de/ausland/irland…

German historian Wolfgang Benz, one of the country's leading expert on anti-Semitism, fees increasingly ostracised for having the "wrong" views and not sharing what he calls post-Oct 7 alarmism in his homeland The Irish Times Irish Times World irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

As NATO marks its 75th birthday, here outtakes of Bing Crosby singing the first unofficial alliance anthem. "When free men ceased to yield, we live again in peace and strength behind the Nato shield." youtube.com/watch?v=7WJIB8… The Irish Times Irish Times World

The Best Catholics under the Sun? Thanks to everyone at WydawnictwoCzarne in Poland for helping me spread the gospel of Catholic Ireland's rise and fall. Available now in handsome hardback at your local bookstore and online here czarne.com.pl/katalog/ksiazk… The Irish Catholic Tygodnik Powszechny

Holy Ground: German church embraces Taylor Swift’s music to lure young people to booked-out services irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… via Irish Times World

Citizen of nowhere or climate-friendly digital nomad? Meet Lasse Stolley, the teenager living on Germany's high-speed train network irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… Man In Seat61 Deutsche Bahn Personenverkehr The Irish Times Irish Times World

Great views, good coffee and bad wifi: expectations build on the Bürgenstock mountain near Lucerne ahead of #PathToPeace summit. irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…?

Taoiseach Simon Harris TD, seated beside Israel, tells #UAPeaceSummit: "In working to end conflict, we must be consistent in our approach and loyalty to the global rules to which we have committed ourselves."

Austrian police arrest two over suspected Islamist attack plot on #TaylorSwiftErasTour in Vienna irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… The Irish Times Irish Times World Taylor Swift Taylor Nation

A 19 year-old Austrian man has given a "full and detailed" confession about his plan to blow up himself and others outside - now cancelled - Vienna Taylor Swift concerts this evening or tomorrow. irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… Irish Times World #TaylorSwiftErasTourVienna

Berlin-based student Amira added "from the river to the sea..." - banned since last November in Germany - to her Facebook profile. A concerned citizen reported her. Armed police showed up at her door at 6am. Read what happened next here: irishtimes.com/world/americas…

Post-war (West) Germany anchored freedom of speech/assembly in its constitution in response to Nazi-era abuses. Have those rights been undermined by Berlin's post-October 7 stance towards Israel? Pro-Palestinian marchers here certainly think so irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost

Regional elections in eastern states usually don't spark much interest, yet Germany - and Europe - are watching to see if Saxony and Thuringia discard establish parties and embrace populiat rivals irishtimes.com/world/europe/2… Irish Times World