Last November my wife, Elizabeth, planted a great many tulip and daffodil bulbs in the cold autumn soil so that in the spring, even more flowers than usual would bloom around our village house, located an hour’s drive from Kyiv. Our neighbours have sown garlic and onions for the winter, planted flowers and scattered fertiliser … Read more
He may have made his name as a current-affairs broadcaster, but did Pat Kenny (Newstalk, weekdays) miss his calling as a consumer affairs advocate? The attention to detail that is the veteran presenter’s trademark when dealing with news stories goes out of the window when the subject is shoddy workmanship, even of the hypothetical variety. … Read more
A group of Ukrainian refugees living in Limerick have been told they will be moved to new accommodation with 48 hours’ notice. The group of 54 living in Westbourne Student Accommodation received letters from the Department of Integration telling them they are being moved – but with no details of where their new accommodation will … Read more
From assassinations, cyber attacks and election interference to cutting undersea cables, scrambling GPS signals used by airliners and plotting to put firebombs on cargo planes – western security services say a long Russian campaign of unacknowledged aggression is becoming increasingly reckless and destructive. So are Russia and the West already fighting an undeclared war? “No, … Read more
Trump’s Potential Return to the White House Sparks Hope and Fear Over Ukraine War Resolution In a recent meeting with Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, former President Donald Trump hinted at a possible diplomatic breakthrough in the ongoing War in Ukraine. “He wants to meet, and we are … Read … Read more
Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia where … Read more