Thomas McCarthy on a perceptive analysis of Eavan Boland’s work and an attempt “to put the layers of gold back into contemporary poetry”.

Poland today extradited a suspected Mossad agent to Germany, where he faces charges over a passport that was used in the murder of a Hamas leader in Dubai earlier this year.

A POLISH court has ordered the extradition to Germany of an Israeli man suspected of being a Mossad agent involved in the slaying of a Hamas operative.

Polish authorities have arrested an alleged Mossad agent wanted in connection with the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai, the German federal prosecutor’s office said today.

A RELEASED convict has admitted to beating and stabbing to death his eight-year-old daughter and her best friend, authorities in the US say.