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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

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

Biden’s G-7 focus in Japan disrupted by Washington debt fight

Talks between the White House and Republicans stalled over the weekend, with McCarthy saying there couldn’t be progress until Biden returned

Using Ukraine for surrogacy services will be criminal offence under new Irish law

More than 24 babies are due to be born to Irish couples using Ukrainian surrogates in the coming months despite the country being at war

Government warns Irish couples using surrogacy in war-torn Ukraine as Zelensky pushes ban

There are serious ‘security’ and ‘ethical’ concerns within government here over the use of commercial surrogacy services by Irish couples while the Ukrainian government has drafted legislation to ban the practice there

Ukraine: How Russia’s invasion set the EU on a new path to its eastern borders

The war in Ukraine has caused a huge shift in global geopolitics – especially in the EU, where the bloc’s approach to energy, security and migration has been transformed

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Editorial: Reality knocked in 2022, and this year we must open the door to change

From the war in Ukraine to the protests in Iran, we in the West must back those struggling for truth, justice and liberty

Jeff Farrell in Ukraine: ‘This is the bloody Russian world’

Until a few weeks ago, the village of Tetyanivka was on the front line of the Ukraine invasion. Now the few residents left are coming to terms with the trauma and trying to rebuild

Russia launches fresh strikes in Ukraine

Infrastructure facilities were damaged in a new missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia, while the Dnipropetrovsk region was shelled by Russian forces overnight

Lucinda Creighton: As Putin’s desperation grows, so must West’s support for Ukraine

From nuclear threats to ‘independence’ referendums, the Russian leader is becoming increasingly isolated – so the West must hold the line

Rebuilding Ukraine: ‘It is a victory for humanity that we can be destroyed but rise from nothing’

Even as Russian troops move into the east of Ukraine, citizens in and around the capital Kyiv are working to rebuild their communities from the ruins

Vincent Boland: Berlin is the weak link in the West’s attempt to halt Putin’s war

Europe’s largest economy relies on Russian gas to fuel its industries and heat its homes. Severing that link will be hard for hesitant German leader Olaf Scholz, but time is running out for Ukraine

Editorial: Defiant Zelenskyy tells it straight – Ukraine is fighting for the future of democracy

Ukraine’s president is a compelling figure because he speaks as a wartime leader and as a witness to the atrocities his country is suffering – he made it clear that Europe must cut off energy imports from Russia, and we support that position

Susan O’Keeffe: Zelenskyy has no choice but to continue the diplomatic circus

It is profoundly disturbing that this exhausted man has to lobby country after country as Russia’s invasion continues

‘Although you are a neutral country, you are not remaining neutral to the disasters that Russia has brought to Ukraine’

Zelenskyy gets prolonged standing ovation in the Dáil and calls on Irish government to support tougher sanctions against Russia

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

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