Section: Ireland
Zelensky party tops Ukraine vote: exit poll
Ukrainians have given their comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky a mandate to reboot the country’s politics by handing his party a record score in parliamentary elections, exit polls showed. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Missing haunt Ukraine as president seeks peace with Russia
About 1,500 disappeared and 1,000 dead remain unidentified after five-year war in east …read more Source: The Irish...
Calls for justice on fifth anniversary of MH17 crash
Today marks five years since Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down of the over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Rock star joins Ukraine’s comedian president on changing political stage
Two of the nation’s top showmen could forge reformist alliance after Sunday’s elections …read more Source: The Irish...
Pope Francis to meet Russian president at the Vatican
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Pope Francis today, a day before Ukraine’s Catholic leaders meet at the Vatican to discuss the crisis in their country. …read more Source: RTÉ...
MH17 crash: Four face murder charges for shooting down plane
Dutch name suspects for 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash over east Ukraine which killed 298 …read more Source: The Irish...
Dutch to put four on trial for murder over MH17
Dutch prosecutors are to charge four people with murder over the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, with a trial due early next year, relatives of the victims has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine to inaugurate comedian Zelensky as president
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky steps into his new role as Ukrainian president with his inauguration today, launching a new era for the country wracked by war and economic difficulties. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Putin’s plan to simplify nationality rules angers Kiev
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow was “thinking” of making it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship after the Kremlin moved to grant passports in the country’s separatist east, causing uproar in Kiev. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Six of the best films to see in cinemas this weekend
New: Eighth Grade, The Dig, Styxx, Ash Is Purest White, Avengers: Endgame, Donbass …read more Source: The Irish...
