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Lucinda Creighton: As Ukraine and Moldova get the EU nod, what about their neglected neighbours?

The EU has lost the trust of many countries who do not believe the expansion process is fair or transparent, but last week’s vote has the potential to change that and to create a new dynamic towards democratic and economic reforms

Editorial: State must apply lessons learned during pandemic to manage refugee influx

The arrival in Ireland of up to 100,000 Ukrainian people fleeing the war must be handled compassionately and efficiently if it is not to turn the housing crisis into a full-blown emergency

How Biden’s jettisoned green agenda left him in the worst of all worlds

Most Americans are blaming the US President’s green energy policies for the soaring energy prices, while progressives are furious that he has not used the soaring cost of fossil fuels to phase out oil and gas production

Ahern says resolution of Ukraine war in China’s hands

Former taoiseach believes Xi Jinping is the only leader in the world who can induce Putin to enter peace talks

Editorial: Europe must act immediately to reduce its dependence on Russian gas

The war in Ukraine has highlighted that Europe’s dependence on energy from Russia is a strategic and security vulnerability that must be dealt with now

Elaine Byrne: A global realignment is happening before our eyes as China ensnares Russia in its power game

The Sino-Russia relationship, with Russia the subservient partner, is united by the belief that a strong autocracy is a bulwark against a decadent democracy

Vincent Boland: ‘Z’ is for the zombie state that Putin has built on lies and paranoia

The first victims of Putin’s futile war are the people of Ukraine, but it is also a catastrophe for the Russian people who face long, dark years ahead

Elaine Byrne: Russia is fighting two wars, and it is winning the one on western influence

While it wages war on Ukraine, Russia is also waging a disinformation war, aiming to sow mistrust and destroy social cohesion – and it is a savvy operator

Lucinda Creighton: It is time to call Putin’s bluff and impose a no-fly zone

It is simply deluded to believe that a policy of non-intervention in Ukraine will stop Putin on his quest to replicate the USSR

Editorial: Any peace deal must hold Putin to account for the horrific crimes in Ukraine

A peace settlement with the Russians must meet Ukrainian demands, include continuing sanctions and guarantee, as far as possible, that further conflict will be avoided

Vincent Boland: China won’t want to be on Putin’s losing team

The Russian president is starting to see his own oppressed citizens flee the country or oppose him, and his strongest potential ally begin to distance itself

Elaine Byrne: We must not blame the Russian people for Putin’s war crimes

Ordinary people are terrified even to voice their thoughts in a regime that is becoming ever more Orwellian

Mellett: Ireland’s best answer to Russian power is renewable energy

Europe needs to wean itself off Russian hydrocarbons, and Ireland can help it by providing offshore win, according to the former Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: How a sitcom star became a unifying leader

The former actor won a surprising landslide presidential victory in 2019 and has been catapulted onto the world stage as he leads Ukraine through a full-scale invasion by Russian forces

War in Ukraine could trigger another recession, warn economists

Prices of gas, oil and food are soaring worldwide as the economic sanctions levelled against Russia begin to bite in earnest

Aidan Regan: If we’re serious about supporting Ukraine, and saving the planet, we should immediately ban all Russian fossil-fuel imports

Putin’s war depends on the money that Russia earns supplying gas, coal and oil to Europe. We need a radical EU-wide plan to switch immediately to renewables

Report from Ukraine: ‘This situation won’t be resolved until Putin is gone or is dead’

Oleksandr Proshuta, a sports journalist and commentator, on life on the ground in Kyiv and the fear that came with the attack on a nuclear power plant near his home city of Zaporizhzhya

To arm or not to arm? The debate over Ireland’s neutrality is no longer theoretical

Ireland is caught in a crisis of conscience between sending weapons to Ukraine and maintaining its dearly held neutrality. But with world security becoming ever more precarious, we may end up with little choice but to enter the fray

Marion McKeone: Donald Trump hoist by his own Putin petard

The former US president’s connections with the Russian despot could end his political ambitions for 2024

Vincent Boland: Corporate retreat from Russia heralds return of forgotten business risk – geopolitics

The oil and finance decoupling from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine is without precedent. Once the dust settles, the entire geopolitical landscape may be unrecognisable