Section: RTÉ News (Ireland)
Dutch sending unarmed police to MH17 crash site
The Netherlands is sending 40 unarmed police to the crash site of flight MH17 in rebel-held Ukraine and is seeking means to “further stabilise the area”. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukrainian PM resigns over coalition break up
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk has tendered his resignation to parliament after upbraiding politicians for failing to pass laws on energy and on the budget to increase financing for the army. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Australia ready to send police to guard MH17 site
Australia is ready to send police to Ukraine as part of an international team to secure the Malaysia Airlines flight crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Two Ukrainian military jets shot down
Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military operations said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
First victims of MH17 disaster to be repatriated
The Netherlands is observing a day of national mourning as the country prepares for the return of some of the 193 Dutch victims from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 who died in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Train carrying MH17 bodies arrives in Kharkiv
A train carrying the remains of many of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 downed over Ukraine has arrived in Ukrainian government territory. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU meeting to be dominated by Ukraine and Gaza
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan is in Brussels for an EU Council meeting, which is expected to be dominated by the crises in Ukraine and Gaza. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Malaysia Airlines flies over Syrian airspace
Malaysia Airlines re-routed a Kuala Lumpur-to-London flight over Syrian airspace yesterday after its usual route over Ukraine was closed, flight tracking data showed. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Call for airline summit after downing of MH17
Lufthansa has joined rival Emirates in calling for an airline summit to discuss the industry’s response to the downing of an airliner over Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Loud explosions heard in rebel stronghold Donetsk
A pro-Russian rebel leader has said Ukrainian forces tried to break into Donetsk city, fighting inside the city limits, near the railway station. …read more Source: RTÉ...
