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This afternoon.
Blackrock, county Dublin.
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Tag Archives: Ukraine
Households are expected to be paid up to €400 a month to help with the costs of housing Ukrainian refugees, under plans being discussed by Governmenthttps://t.co/vBkrxgTI9j
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 22, 2022
This morning.
Via RTÉ News:
The proposed payment, which could be announced as early as next week, would aim to cover costs such as extra utilities bills, associated with housing those fleeing the war.
It would also act as an incentive to boost the number of accommodation places available for the number of refugees arriving in Ireland.
Yesterday, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said that there will be no cap to the number of refugees Ireland accepts, even as the Government admits it is facing a struggle to house arriving Ukrainians.
Households expected to be paid up to €400 a month for hosting Ukrainian refugees (RTE)
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Yesterday, a Minister For Justice in a European western democratic country said this 👇
Not one MSM journalist took issue with it. pic.twitter.com/kE4nBni1XB— Tweed Cap (@CapTweed) April 22, 2022
Share A Bath
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Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan
This morning.
Via RTÉ News:
The Government is launching a new campaign this weekend that will inform the public about a range of actions they can choose to take to save energy and money, whilst reducing national energy use.
The campaign will roll out in print, radio, and across social media.
A spokesperson said that the campaign will emphasise how, now more than ever, we need to be mindful of how we use energy.
They said: “The campaign will emphasise how the Government, homeowners, motorists, communities and businesses must all work together to overcome the immediate energy security and affordability challenges.
“This will benefit us individually in our energy bills and nationally in our energy security.”
Govt launches campaign to reduce national energy use (RTE)
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.Minister Eamon Ryan said:
“That saves consumers money, it reduces the amount of gas that we buy from the market and therefore revenues going to the Russian government. It’s a step in the efficiencies direction where we need to go anyway.”
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Retweet: Zelensky’s message to Europeans about an oil and gas embargo#BloodyEnergy pic.twitter.com/rhQnPcq5aQ
— Alexandr Šnajdar 🇺🇦 (@asnajdar) April 21, 2022
Yikes.
Germany says it will keep using Russian energy for now: ‘We have to be patient’ (Business Insider)
#Ukraine: An interesting buggy with a mounted Browning M2 .50 heavy machine gun, belonging to the Ukrainian forces, was destroyed near Marinka, Donetsk Oblast. The buggy was also transporting an AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher and a Barrett M107A1 .50 sniper rifle. pic.twitter.com/txaCNIVyaw
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 20, 2022
Um.
Also: Hmmm.
Yesterday.
Name that Irish Army jammer, anyone?
Men Of Steel
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Mariupol, Ukraine with the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant behind buildings damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict
⚡️#Putin called the storming of #Azovstal‘s industrial zone in #Mariupol unreasonable and ordered its cancellation. pic.twitter.com/ieGFVIqqEr
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 21, 2022
This morning.
Via The Guardian:
Russia has claimed it has captured the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, with the exception of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, where about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are holding out. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has ordered the plant to be blockaded, but cancelled plans to storm it.
More as we get it.
Russian defence minister claims to have captured Mariupol – reports (The Guardian)
Reuters
This evening.
Shannon Airport.
Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal shakes hands with Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he departs Shannon Airport for the United States.
Earlier…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will land at Shannon Airport today as part of a stopoverhttps://t.co/E9M8RcCksk
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 20, 2022
This afternoon.
Shannon Airport.
Denys Shmyhal is scheduled to meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin about now, between 2pm and 3pm.
More as we get it.
Taoiseach to meet Ukrainian PM Shmyhal at Shannon Airport (RTE)
More than 600 pets have been brought to the Republic of Ireland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.https://t.co/ar2zUsCtXD
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) April 20, 2022
‘sup?
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🇮🇪🇺🇦 update:
24,438 Ukrainian refugees have now arrived in Ireland as of yesterday. 20,420 arrived through @DublinAirport, 4,018 elsewhere #Ukraine— Stephen Murphy (@SMurphyTV) April 20, 2022
This afternoon.
Meanwhile….
‘Seems insensitive’?
Only you can decide.
Who is in charge of the Ukrainian refugee response? (Gerard Howlin, Irish Times)
Deadline
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This morning.
Via BBC:
Russia has given Ukrainian forces in Mariupol a fresh ultimatum to lay down their weapons by 11:00 GMT. They’re holed up in a huge steelworks complex at the moment.
The port city is surrounded but still hasn’t fallen, and Ukraine’s foreign minister said Russia has decided to raze it to the ground.
Around 130,000 citizens have been blockaded in the besieged city for 50 days and are struggling to find food, water, and medicine, the city’s deputy mayor says.
‘Still 100,000 people left in devastated Mariupol’ (BBC)
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Zelfie
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This afternoon.
Central Hotel , Dublin 2.
The appearance of a new mural featuring President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Artist, anyone?
Sasko writes:
Taking the selfie (above) is Ukrainian refugee Kateryna Pozniakov with her daughter Ilia (age 12), who fled from Kiev to Dublin after the Russian invasion. Along with Kateryna’s mother, they are living in a hotel in Dublin. This is the second time the family has been displaced, having fled from Lugansk to Kiev in 2014 when separatists seized governmental buildings in the region and proclaimed the Luhansk People’s Republic.
UPDATE: Artwork by Aches (see comments).
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Um.