Section: Ireland
Melbourne deemed world’s most liveable city
Melbourne tops the ranking as the world’s most pleasant city to live in for the fourth consecutive year, but an Economist Intelligence Unit poll also finds that turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East have pushed other cities down the list. …read more Source: RTÉ...
15 bodies found after refugee convoy strike
Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of yesterday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said this morning. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Refugees killed in strike on convoy in Ukraine
Rocket fire hit a convoy of buses carrying refugees from the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk this morning killing an unknown number of people, Ukraine’s military and rebels said, blaming each other for the strike. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Red Cross yet to begin Russian convoy checks
The Red Cross said its officials had arrived at an area where a mammoth Russian aid convoy is parked close to Ukraine’s border but were still waiting to start official inspections. …read more Source: RTÉ...
US condemns ‘provocative’ Russian activity
The White House has urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” attempts to destabilise Ukraine, where tensions have soared again in recent days. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian military vehicles gather at Ukraine border
Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles massed near the border with Ukraine, where a huge Russian convoy with humanitarian aid came to a halt as Russia and the Ukraine struggled to agree on border crossing procedures. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Aid convoy heads towards Ukrainian border
A Russian aid convoy left the southwestern city of Voronezh in the early hours of this morning and has been seen advancing towards the Ukrainian border. …read more Source: RTÉ...
12 Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in ambush
Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters, battling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, were killed and an unknown number taken captive when rebels ambushed their bus. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian aid convoy departs for Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off this morning amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source: RTÉ...
100 prisoners flee as shells hit Donetsk jail
Over 100 inmates broke out of jail when shells hit a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, killing one, local authorities said this morning. …read more Source: RTÉ...
