More Than 80,000 Ukrainian Refugees May Arrive In Ireland
March 6, 2022 No Responses

More Than 80,000 Ukrainian Refugees May Arrive In Ireland

The number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland could exceed 80,000, a Government Minister has confirmed. James Browne, Minister of State in the Department of Justice, said the exodus of people from Ukraine was on a scale not witnessed in...
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Ukrainians Attempt To Evacuate Citizens From Mariupol Amid Shaky Ceasefire
March 6, 2022 No Responses

Ukrainians Attempt To Evacuate Citizens From Mariupol Amid Shaky Ceasefire

Ukrainian authorities are making a second attempt to evacuate civilians from a southern city pounded by a week-long Russian attack, as economic pressure on Moscow intensified and diplomats shuttled around Europe to try and end the war. Evacuations from the...
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Hundreds Demonstrate For Women’s Rights In Dublin
March 5, 2022 No Responses

Hundreds Demonstrate For Women’s Rights In Dublin

A rally in Dublin has heard calls for Government action to accelerate progress on women’s equality issues in Ireland. Hundreds of people attended the “No Woman Left Behind” demonstration outside Leinster House. The rally was organized by the National Wom...
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Long Hopes To Break ‘Binary Politics’ At Stormont With Alliance Gains
March 5, 2022 No Responses

Long Hopes To Break ‘Binary Politics’ At Stormont With Alliance Gains

A big result for the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly election can herald the end of a political system based on binary division, leader Naomi Long has said. Addressing her party conference in Belfast, Mrs Long denounced rivals at...
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McDonald Expresses Support For Family Of Noah Donohoe
March 4, 2022 No Responses

McDonald Expresses Support For Family Of Noah Donohoe

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has expressed support for the family of Noah Donohoe. The 14-year-old pupil at St Malachy’s College, in Belfast, was found dead in a storm drain in the north of the city in June 2020,...
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President Higgins And Wife Sabrina Test Positive For Covid-19
March 4, 2022 No Responses

President Higgins And Wife Sabrina Test Positive For Covid-19

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina tested positive after taking an antigen test earlier on Friday. A spokesman for the President’s office said they both displayed mild symptoms of Covid-19 and will isolate for the next seven days....
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Government’s Housing Plan Is `Most Ambitious Plan In The History Of The State` Says O’Brien
March 2, 2022 No Responses

Government’s Housing Plan Is `Most Ambitious Plan In The History Of The State` Says O’Brien

The Government will exceed its targets this year under its Housing For All plan, the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has claimed. Mr O’Brien said there is a target to build 24,600 private and public homes and he expects to...
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Number Of Ukrainian Refugees To Soon Exceed One Million, Says UN
March 2, 2022 No Responses

Number Of Ukrainian Refugees To Soon Exceed One Million, Says UN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last week and the figure is “rising exponentially”, putting it on track to cross the one million mark possibly within hours. UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia...
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Russian Intensifies Its Assault On Ukraine As War Enters Sixth Day
March 2, 2022 No Responses

Russian Intensifies Its Assault On Ukraine As War Enters Sixth Day

Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas in what Ukraine’s leader called a blatant campaign of terror. “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget,” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky vowed after the bloodshed on the central squar...
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Ireland May Get ‘More Involved In European Defense’ Says Tánaiste
March 1, 2022 No Responses

Ireland May Get ‘More Involved In European Defense’ Says Tánaiste

Ireland is likely to reconsider its tradition of military neutrality in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and may get more involved in common European Union defense policy, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. “This does require us to think abo...
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