We stand in solidarity with #Ukraine and with the Ukrainian people, many of whom have made Ireland their home. 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/0igrYVvIwL
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) February 24, 2022
This afternoon.
Dail Eireann.
Meanwhile…
Varadkar also reminds the Dáil that SF opposed expelling a Russian diplomat from Ireland in the fallout of Salisbury; SF described that as a violation of Irish neutrality; Varadkar “welcomes Sinn Féin coming to its sense and finally realising what the Putin regime is”…
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 24, 2022
Ah here.
Meanwhile…
Ireland has pledged to support any EU sanctions targeting Russian business interests on its soil. “Ireland is militarily neutral but in this conflict is not neutral at all,” Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has told Ireland’s parliament.
— Shawn Pogatchnik (@ShawnPogatchnik) February 24, 2022
This 2020 analysis of Russian shadow banking in Dublin’s IFSC found that €118bn was funneled by 106 entities back to Russian interests from 2005 to 2017. https://t.co/rAUKp6H2aO
— Shawn Pogatchnik (@ShawnPogatchnik) February 24, 2022
Update:
“Tánaiste”.
— That’s FineGaelness! (@CronyZapponey) February 24, 2022
Pedant.















