Section: Ireland
Fury as Putin and Berlusconi drink 240-year-old wine
Criminal case opened after 1775 Jeres de la Frontera was opened during cellar tour in Crimea …read more Source: The Irish...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine ‘generally respected’
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have said the truce agreed between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in east Ukraine had been “generally respected since September 1”, the French presidency said in a statement. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Guardsman killed in Ukraine protests
One Ukraine National Guard officer has died and about 90 more are injured following clashes outside the Ukrainian parliament. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine seeks German and French alliance to isolate Russia
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko in Berlin for talks that exclude Vladimir Putin …read more Source: The Irish...
Vladimir Putin visits Crimea as violent clashes intensify
Moscow says clashes in eastern Ukraine resemble ‘preparations for more military action’ …read more Source: The Irish...
MH317 debris may be Russian missile fragments
Some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system, Dutch prosecutors said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Possible missile parts found at MH17 crash site in Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people …read more Source: The Irish...
Tank assault reportedly repelled in east Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have reportedly repelled a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to usher in a dangerous escalation to the 16-month war. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Dismay as Putin orders destruction of western food
President seeks to reinforce ban on range of products from countries that have imposed economic sanctions on Russia …read more Source: The Irish...
Russia vetoes flight MH17 tribunal proposal
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
