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Picture: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP" src="/cms_media/module_img/9024/4512346_1_dashboardbig_4d50ccc049954677b4feac983759bc32.jpg.jpg" alt="<p>US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP</p>" class="card-img" width="638" height="360"><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- dashboard_teaser_big"><p class=label-small-category> world</p><h5 class="card-title top-main-title "><span>US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader</span></h5><div class=card-text>Retired US lieutenant general Keith Kellogg travelled to Kyiv on Wednesday before a planned news conference with Mr Zelenskyy on Thursday was changed at the last minute to a simple photo opportunity</div></div></a><script type=speculationrules> { "prefetch": [ { "source": "list", "urls": ["/world/arid-41579287.html"] } ] } </script></article> </div><div class="col-lg-4 main-card-left"><div class=row><article class="card p-0 0" id="article-card-41578516" data-article-link="/news/arid-41578516.html"><a href="/news/arid-41578516.html"><div style="position: relative; margin: auto;"><img title="Tánaiste Simon Harris said under the current rules, there would need to be a UN resolution for there to be any Irish troops sent. File photo: Brian Lawless/PA" src="/cms_media/module_img/9020/4510279_7_dashboardbig_POLITICS_20Ukraine_20Ireland_2006441573.jpg" alt="<p>Tánaiste Simon Harris said under the current rules, there would need to be a UN resolution for there to be any Irish troops sent. File photo: Brian Lawless/PA</p>" class="card-img" width="638" height="360"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- dashboard_teaser_medium"><p class=label-small-category> news</p><h5 class="card-title top-main-title ">Tánaiste won't break triple lock rules but admits Irish peacekeepers may play a role in Ukraine</h5></div></a></article> </div><div class=row><article class="card p-0 0" id="article-card-41578543" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578543.html"><a href="/world/arid-41578543.html"><div style="position: relative; margin: auto;"><img title="US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine Picture: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP" src="/cms_media/module_img/9019/4509982_3_dashboardbig_d3e1e48374bd4b84acd64e3d9f9ba2cc.jpg.jpg" alt="<p>US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine Picture: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP</p>" class="card-img" width="638" height="360"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- dashboard_teaser_medium"><p class=label-small-category> world</p><h5 class="card-title top-main-title ">News conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy cancelled</h5></div></a></article> </div></div></div><div class=row><div class="col-md-4 under-news with-label"><article class="card mt-3 0" id="article-card-41578132" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578132.html"><a href="/world/arid-41578132.html"><div style="position: relative; margin: auto;"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509403_3_teasersmall_ebab17848a6b4a95b3171d40e2d94a7d.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump repeats warning that Zelenskyy ‘better move fast’ to save Ukraine" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- Trump repeats warning that Zelenskyy ‘better move fast’ to save Ukraine"><p class=label-small-category> world</p><h5 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style="position: relative; margin: auto;"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509178_3_teasersmall_b4aba367c9c34dfaa94a66533333f91e.jpg.jpg" alt="Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy" title="Trump" width="201" height="113"></div><div class=card-body data-vr-zone="category- Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy"><p class=label-small-category> world</p><h5 class="card-title "><span>Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy</span></h5></div></a></article> </div></div></div></section>  <div style='width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;' id='div-gpt-ad-native-1'> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-1'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578042" data-article-link="/world/arid-41578042.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41578042.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509082_4_teasersmall_e34adaa2e1754a669c4342e94f391572.jpg.jpg" alt="Zelenskyy's adviser claims US has relinquished its lead role in push for peace" title="Germany Munich Security Conference" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41578042.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy's adviser claims US has relinquished its lead role in push for peace</h5><div class=card-text>A Ukrainian presidential adviser has claimed that the United States has weakened its position and relinquished the diplomatic lead to Russia ahead of any possible peace talks on Ukraine, following a meeting in Saudi Arabia between top American and ...</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41578018" data-article-link="/news/arid-41578018.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41578018.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9018/4509064_3_teasersmall_1_20File_20Photo_20Martin_20Army_90721657.jpeg" alt="Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine " title="Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine " width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41578018.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach: Ireland prepared to send Irish peacekeepers to Ukraine </h5><div class=card-text>Defence Forces members could be deployed as part of a peacekeeping force in future if a ceasefire is secured</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577841" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577841.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577841.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9017/4508788_5_teasersmall_294e8be465de45b381c0cb4f3b483f96.jpg.jpg" alt="Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' who better move fast or lose his country" title="Election 2024 Trump" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577841.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' who better move fast or lose his country</h5><div class=card-text>Zelenskyy hit back at the suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, saying Trump was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577550" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577550.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577550.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508185_10_teasersmall_0a228c468c9d4ffb8a668a67696e9dbb.jpg.jpg" alt="Zelenskyy accuses Trump of spreading Russian disinformation on Ukraine" title="Russia Ukraine War" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577550.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy accuses Trump of spreading Russian disinformation on Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Donald Trump of echoing Russian disinformation after the US president falsely claimed his approval rating was 4%</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577640" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41577640.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41577640.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508296_2_teasersmall_POLITICS_20Ukraine_20Ireland_2014475195.jpg" alt="Taoiseach Micheal Martin visit to Ukraine" title="POLITICS Ukraine Ireland 14475195" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41577640.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach urges EU leaders to fast-track Ukraine’s membership</h5><div class=card-text>Micheál Martin urges EU leaders to accelerate Ukraine’s membership process, calling it key to future security and peace</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577559" data-article-link="/news/arid-41577559.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/arid-41577559.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508191_2_teasersmall_2.68449773.jpg.jpg" alt="Russian invasion of Ukraine" title="68449773" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/arid-41577559.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Nearly 80,000 Ukrainian refugees still in Ireland as war anniversary nears</h5><div class=card-text>The high number of Ukrainians who remain in Ireland contrasts with policy changes introduced by the Irish Government in recent months</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577484" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577484.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577484.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9016/4508059_2_teasersmall_bf9a3db1ce4b43719980d0b10798c32a.jpg.jpg" alt="Donald Trump’s envoy arrives in Kyiv as US policy shifts towards Russia" title="Germany Munich Security Conference" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577484.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Donald Trump’s envoy arrives in Kyiv as US policy shifts towards Russia</h5><div class=card-text>Mr Kellogg’s visit comes a day after US President Donald Trump suggested Kyiv was to blame for the war</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577382" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577382.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577382.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9015/4507942_5_teasersmall_0d5f918b-4327-40ca-a96c-4ec870b2d1ba.jpg.jpg" alt="Ministers urged to offer Trump 'olive branch' trade deal" title="78694464" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577382.html"><h5 class="card-title "> 'You should have never started it': Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia</h5><div class=card-text>'Today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you been there for three years. You should have ended it three years' ago, Donald Trump said</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Wed, 19 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41577136" data-article-link="/world/arid-41577136.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41577136.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9014/4507414_3_teasersmall_SAUDI_20ARABIA_20Russia_20080083.jpg" alt="US and Russia to explore closer relations after Ukraine talks in Riyadh" title="SAUDI ARABIA Russia 080083" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41577136.html"><h5 class="card-title "> US and Russia to explore closer relations after Ukraine talks in Riyadh</h5><div class=card-text>Marco Rubio says talks ‘first step of a long and difficult journey’ while Putin adviser says meeting ‘went well’</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576755" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576755.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576755.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506769_15_teasersmall_SAUDI_20ARABIA_20Russia_20080083.jpg" alt="Ukraine conflict: US and Russia pledge further talks as Moscow hardens demands" title="SAUDI ARABIA Russia 080083" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576755.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Ukraine conflict: US and Russia pledge further talks as Moscow hardens demands</h5><div class=card-text>The US and Russia agree to move forward on Ukraine peace talks, raising concerns over potential concessions and Nato’s role</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576431" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506442_28_teasersmall_US_20Trump_20231394.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" title="US Trump 231394" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576431.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Trump's options for ending the war in Ukraine are not without risk </h5><div class=card-text>All three options or scenarios are fraught with danger. They are also open to so many factors that could, in the blink of an eye, change the course of history</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576602" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506697_1_teasersmall_MichealMartinDonaldTrumpComposite2025.jpg" alt="Micheál Martin in unique yet pivotal role ahead of St Patrick's Day meeting with Trump" title="MichealMartinDonaldTrumpComposite2025.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576602.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Micheál Martin in unique yet pivotal role ahead of St Patrick's Day meeting with Trump</h5><div class=card-text>This St Patrick’s Day, Taoiseach must seek to build bridges between the Trump administration and an increasingly jittery EU</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576677" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41576677.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41576677.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506577_9_teasersmall_dan_20quality_202.jpg" alt="Over 370 asylum seekers now accommodated in East Cork hotel " title="Over 370 asylum seekers now accommodated in East Cork hotel " width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41576677.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Over 370 asylum seekers now accommodated in East Cork hotel </h5><div class=card-text>Some 374 asylum seekers, the majority female, have moved to the Youghal site in recent weeks</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576698" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576698.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576698.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506613_5_teasersmall_c8af53863f004953a38277f3a4a95043.jpg.jpg" alt="EU leaders call for greater defence spending as rift with US grows" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576698.html"><h5 class="card-title "> EU leaders call for greater defence spending as rift with US grows</h5><div class=card-text>European officials have been left stunned and flat-footed by the Trump administration's moves on Ukraine, Russia, and European defence in recent days</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Tue, 18 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576707" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576707.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576707.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9013/4506601_1_teasersmall_c8af53863f004953a38277f3a4a95043.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders demand a say in US talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576707.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders demand a say in US talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, after Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576626" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576626.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576626.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506472_2_teasersmall_7ad84094085f49f6b5beae64c353dd5a.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders hold emergency talks, fearing Trump has abandoned old allies" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576626.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders hold emergency talks, fearing Trump has abandoned old allies</h5><div class=card-text>Leaders of Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and the European Union met at the Elysee Palace</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576260" data-article-link="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505815_10_teasersmall_DEFENCE_20Trident_20105256.jpg" alt="Probe amid Trident safety claims" title="DEFENCE Trident 105256" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41576260.html"><h5 class="card-title "> As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself — so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer?</h5><div class=card-text>Development of a joint UK-French nuclear umbrella, under the auspices of the European Nato allies and sidelining the US, could be politically explosive</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576521" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576521.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576521.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506292_2_teasersmall_b5176c1d12f8487787bfa60c00a16ac8.jpg.jpg" alt="European leaders holding emergency meeting in Paris over US moves on Ukraine" title="France Security Summit" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576521.html"><h5 class="card-title "> European leaders holding emergency meeting in Paris over US moves on Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>President Macron’s office would not disclose details about the discussion</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576458" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576458.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576458.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9012/4506064_3_teasersmall_46890c2e20af486395b082cfadac5a38.jpg.jpg" alt="Top Russian and US officials to hold talks on ending Ukraine war without Kyiv" title="Russia Serbia" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576458.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Top Russian and US officials to hold talks on ending Ukraine war without Kyiv</h5><div class=card-text>Senior US and Russian officials will hold talks on ending the war in Ukraine, officials said, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow’s invasion nearly three years ago. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576182" data-article-link="/news/munster/arid-41576182.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/munster/arid-41576182.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505692_3_teasersmall_2981423_4_seoimage4x3_hotel1.jpg" alt="Change in owners sparks confusion for refugees in East Cork hotel" title="2981423_4_seoimage4x3_hotel1.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/munster/arid-41576182.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Change in owners sparks confusion for refugees in East Cork hotel</h5><div class=card-text>Local representatives in Youghal have been unable to identify the current owners of the Quality Hotel, which is currently hosting Ukrainian families</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576161" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576161.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576161.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505626_1_teasersmall_10dedb90b5584677933efb9dec7a8006.jpg.jpg" alt="Top Russian officials to hold talks with US in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday" title="Russia Serbia" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576161.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Top Russian officials to hold talks with US in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday</h5><div class=card-text>Mr Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Sunday that he and national security adviser Mike Waltz will travel to Saudi Arabia for talks on Ukraine</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576077" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576077.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576077.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9011/4505503_2_teasersmall_4b9c89356103413e87680c919db324c9.jpg.jpg" alt="French President Macron votes in the first round of the 2024 snap legislative elections" title="France Election" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576077.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US</h5><div class=card-text>The sudden transatlantic chasm over will be laid bare on Monday when US officials start preliminary talks in Riyadh with Russian counterparts about a ceasefire, just as Emmanuel Macron hosts a Paris summit of European defence powers to demand the US ...</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576065" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576065.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576065.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9010/4505476_1_teasersmall_GettyImages-2198395591_1_.jpg" alt="Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval Office" title="GettyImages-2198395591.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576065.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Fast-moving Ukraine diplomacy means Europeans must do more, official says</h5><div class=card-text>US President Donald Trump stunned European allies in NATO and Ukraine last week when he announced he had held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin without consulting them and would start a peace process</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576056" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576056.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576056.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9010/4505470_1_teasersmall_e34adaa2e1754a669c4342e94f391572.jpg.jpg" alt="Zelenskyy travels to United Arab Emirates as momentum grows for war peace talks" title="Germany Munich Security Conference" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576056.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy travels to United Arab Emirates as momentum grows for war peace talks</h5><div class=card-text>US President Donald Trump last week suggested he would be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41575942" data-article-link="/news/politics/arid-41575942.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/news/politics/arid-41575942.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9010/4505281_2_teasersmall_2.78767701.jpg.jpg" alt="New Taoiseach appointed" title="78767701" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/news/politics/arid-41575942.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Taoiseach and Tánaiste to meet Chinese foreign minister in Dublin for bilateral meetings</h5><div class=card-text>The visit, the Government has said, is taking place at the request of the Chinese government</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Mon, 17 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576044" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576044.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576044.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9010/4505428_2_teasersmall_2.74927637.jpg.jpg" alt="Sir Keir Starmer visit to Estonia" title="74927637" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576044.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Keir Starmer prepared to put troops into Ukraine to safeguard peace</h5><div class=card-text>Starmer said the crisis was a 'once in a generation moment' and an 'existential' question for Europe</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 16 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41576002" data-article-link="/world/arid-41576002.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41576002.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9010/4505362_2_teasersmall_d5a2d0dc7ca2442cb95ca9d0ae5e8d50.jpg.jpg" alt="Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for direct talks with Russians over Ukraine" title="Mideast Israel Rubio" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41576002.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for direct talks with Russians over Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a delegation to Saudi Arabia for direct talks with Russian officials in the coming days to seek an end to Moscow’s near three-year-old invasion of Ukraine, a US official said on Sunday. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sun, 16 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41575432" data-article-link="/world/arid-41575432.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41575432.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9008/4504405_2_teasersmall_495abdcee36b4bf091e13e3613c11e86.jpg.jpg" alt="Zelenskyy calls for European army as EU bristles at new US policies on Ukraine" title="Germany Munich Security Conference" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41575432.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy calls for European army as EU bristles at new US policies on Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>European leaders are reeling after Mr Trump’s decision to upend years of US policy by holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 15 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41575237" data-article-link="/world/arid-41575237.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41575237.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9008/4504174_1_teasersmall_2.79032511.jpg.jpg" alt="Munich Security Conference" title="79032511" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41575237.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Zelenskyy calls for European army as Trump’s US ‘might not defend continent’</h5><div class=card-text>'Does America need Europe as a market? Yes. But as an ally? I don’t know.'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class=text-muted>Sat, 15 Feb, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41575210" data-article-link="/world/arid-41575210.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/world/arid-41575210.html"><img loading=lazy src="/cms_media/module_img/9008/4504144_2_teasersmall_09d31d9d32e04756a1a3f99514f97c78.jpg.jpg" alt="Russia claims capture of another village in eastern Ukraine" title="Russia Ukraine War Minerals Explainer" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class=card-body><a href="/world/arid-41575210.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Russia claims capture of another village in eastern Ukraine</h5><div class=card-text>Russia says its forces have captured the village of Berezivka in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. 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