Irish Distillers has confirmed that it will no longer export Jameson whiskey to Russia. The company’s decision to start selling products to Russia again last year drew criticism. Irish Distillers said today that its parent business Pernod Ricard has decided to stop exporting all of its international brands to Russia. Additionally, it would stop distributing … Read more
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the world economy should avoid going into recession next year, but the worst energy crisis since the 1970s will cause a sharp slowdown, with Europe being the hardest hit. The group urged central banks to keep raising interest rates as a defence against this. Global … Read more
The death toll has risen to 13 people, including seven children, and 21 others have been injured after a man opened fire Monday at his former school in central Russia, authorities said. The shooting was the most recent in a series of incidents that have shaken Russia in recent years, and it occurred as efforts … Read more
Russia has endured as many as 80,000 casualties since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, according to the latest assessment from the Pentagon of the steep costs Moscow has paid. A senior Pentagon official Colin Kahl told reporters that the number of Russian soldiers killed or wounded in the fighting is somewhere between 70,000 and … Read more
The petrol price and diesel is marginally stabilising, but AA Ireland has issued an alert that it is impossible to predict what will happen next. In July, the average pump price for petrol was 200.3 cents per litre, while the price for diesel was 201.8 cents, according to their most recent Fuel Price Index. After … Read more
The number of people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine has reached 35,670, an increase of 2,500 in two weeks. This is the number of Personal Public Service numbers (PPSNs) issued to individuals who have fled the war up to 5 June last. Among the arrivals, 92% or 32,969 individuals could be mapped to a local … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Saturday, where the two leaders discussed bilateral affairs and international security, as India continues to resist pressure to openly condemn Russia for its military actions in Ukraine. The two partners, pledging to boost trade between the two Asian … Read more
Russia said Sunday it has again fired its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a fuel storage site in the country’s south. The Russian Defense Ministry also said it killed more than 100 members of Ukrainian special forces and “foreign mercenaries” when it targeted a training center in the town of Ovruch in northern Ukraine … Read more
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several European countries have halted their “citizenship-residence by investment” schemes. Countries such as the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, and Portugal have halted their programmes for Russian citizens which provide so-called “golden visas” in return for significant investments. In Ireland, “golden visas” can be obtained through the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) which … Read more
A Russian woman who stormed a live state TV news broadcast to protest the war in an “incredibly brave act” has been fined. A Russian court found Marina Ovsyannikova guilty of flouting protest legislation when she interrupted a live news bulletin on state TV and denounced the war in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported. She was fined … Read more
Russia said Sunday that negotiators were making headway at talks to resolve fighting in Ukraine, more than two weeks after President Vladimir Putin ordered his army over the borders of its pro-Western neighbor. Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia’s negotiating team, told the state-run television network RT that “significant progress” was made following several … Read more
The Taoiseach and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have held a bilateral meeting on Saturday afternoon. They discussed the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine and the profound global security, economic and humanitarian consequences. The Taoiseach, who had just come from a meeting of EU leaders in Versailles, emphasised the strength and unity of the EU response. … Read more
The Russian Embassy in Ireland has released a statement to Irish media, claiming that the bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine was a “hoax, carefully staged by the Ukrainian nationalists”. In a statement issued today, the Russian Embassy said the incident was created by “Ukrainian propaganda” and that the Russian Armed Forces are “not fighting the … Read more
Some 250 companies have left Russia or cut operations in the country since President Vladimir Putin moved to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to the Yale School of Management. Firms that have invested billions of dollars in the Russian market over the last three decades have headed for the exit door en masse following Russia’s attack … Read more
Officials in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian forces, said they were delaying an evacuation of the civilian population, accusing Moscow’s troops of breaking a ceasefire. “Due to the fact that the Russian side does not adhere to the ceasefire and has continued shelling both of Mariupol itself and its … Read more