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Leo Varadkar and cabinet sub-committee discussed cutting Ukrainian refugee benefits

A new study has found that the €220 per week paid to Ukrainian refugees without employment in Ireland is the highest of any EU country

Tánaiste in Kyiv to meet with EU foreign affairs ministers

Micheál Martin to attend discussions on how to advance EU’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Vincent Boland: Claptrap that immigrants pose an existential threat to western way of life has to be challenged

As Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh, it’s time to reiterate that properly integrated and settled, immigrants are an economic and social benefit to any country

Daniel Murray: Michael McGrath pours cold water on €65bn surpluses but will still splash the cash in Budget 2024

The finance minister will split the pot between core, non-core and a

Origin Enterprises closes loss-making Ukraine business as full-year profits fall sharply

The Dublin-listed agri-services group reported a double-digit fall in profits for its 2023 financial year to the end of July

Emigration tops 60,000 for 2022 as immigration reaches 16-year high

More than 141,000 people arrived into Ireland last year - 42,000 of which came from Ukraine

‘The future of Ukraine is in our Union’ - Ursula Von Der Leyen tells MEPs in wide-ranging State of the Union address

The Commission president recommitted to the EU’s green transition, called for new governance of AI, and outlined plans to make it easier to do business in Europe

15,000 Ukrainian refugees now working in Ireland, mainly in hospitality

A total of 92,346 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year, CSO figures show

Russian investigators confirm death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in plane crash

All 10 bodies recovered from the scene of the crash have been identified following genetic testing

Lucinda Creighton: Taking out key conspirator Prigozhin likely to strengthen Putin’s regime

The Wagner leader became a marked man after his short-lived challenge to the Russian president’s power base

Neutrality group calls for emergency Dáil debate on Ukraine weapon training

Irish Neutrality League labelled plans to provide weapon training to Ukrainian forces as a ‘incontrovertible breach of neutrality’

Ukraine to bolster European energy security as expert touts positive outlook for winter gas supply

It comes as the EU has already filled its gas storage to almost 90 per cent, two months ahead of target

State’s radiological advisory committee meets for first time in two years

The increasing risk of a nuclear accident in war torn Ukraine and the growing question of small nuclear reactors led to the reconstitution of the committee

Vacant buildings used to house refugees to be exempt from planning permission for five years

Minister warned it would not be worth state’s while to convert accommodation for original two-year term

Ireland would not offer condolences if Putin dies, Leo Varadkar says

The Taoiseach was responding to a question about Ireland’s traditional neutrality and wider foreign policy in the context of its opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

State to spend €237m on expanded modular home scheme for Ukrainian refugees

Government previously planned €100m scheme to build 500 modular homes but that number has now risen to 700

Lorcan Allen: End of Ukraine grain export deal threatens to disrupt global food security

Russia’s termination of the initiative could fuel further food price inflation across Europe and the world

Life in the old dog: Greyhound industry fighting back as interest wanes

The sport’s pivot towards industry meetings and a focus on betting companies may see it survive longer than expected – even if numbers visiting the track keep declining

Ryanair to invest €2.7bn in Ukraine with plans to resume 600 weekly flights

The low cost airline said it expects to carry more than 10 million passengers a year to and from Ukraine over the next five years

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pledges further €5m in aid to Ukraine on visit to Kyiv

Leo Varadkar is meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss how Ireland can continue to support the war-torn nation