Ukraine crisis

Alumina made in Aughinish, Co Limerick is exported to smelters that sell aluminium to a trader supplying Russian arms manufacturers, an investigation has found. The project analysed confidential documents, customs data and transport records along with satellite imagery and financial records, to trace the passage of materials from Guinea and Brazil, through Ireland, and on to Russian smelters.

Tax rebate scheme for hauliers aimed at keeping supply chains working with double fuel allowance payment expected

Gulf states’ reliance on jets to battle waves of inexpensive Shaheds is testing their finances, pilots and planes

A 56-year-old former soldier in the Soviet army is one of hundreds of energy workers working to restore power in freezing conditions

The Ukrainian director of Two Prosecutors, who studied maths and AI, says although a film may be about something tragic, ‘it is still a work of art, and its form has to be harmonious’

Tom Wright, who worked in the Biden administration, believes the president is in ‘a real bind’ in Iran

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Early Edition with Andrew McNair: Our top stories on Friday

The Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin is a record of something totally unseen in the world outside Russia

Extension of Accommodation Recognition Payment scheme to March 2027 part of winding-down process

Early Edition with Andrew McNair: The top Irish Times stories on Thursday

Irish neutrality shields us from involvement in senseless wars and helps us limit environmental damage

Private jet hired by Ice agency also stopped on its return journey to Arizona

Ukrainian president warns against US move to ease sanctions on Russian oil

President Karol Nawrocki blocks legislation but government says plan will proceed

EU leaders frustrated at being sidelined in Ukraine peace negotiations

Most recent risk assessment was published in September 2024 ‘and remains valid today’, says Taoiseach

Slower driving, switching gas and electricity supplier and turning off immersion among ways of saving

Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

Lacking an endgame, public support or regional buy‑in, Trump’s Iran war risks exposing US limits more starkly than any battlefield outcome

More than 19,500 children have been forcibly displaced or illegally ​deported to Russia and Belarus during Ukraine war

Dmitry Simbaev was detained last August after ‘anti-Russian’ messages were found on his phone

Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington comes at a time when few leaders are standing up to Donald Trump over Iran war

Irish consumers could face hikes in domestic energy, food and mortgages if conflict drags on

Coalition is taking a cautious approach amid the Middle East conflict and resisting Opposition calls for immediate action

EU must consider whether consensus-based decision making on foreign policy is ‘hindrance’

Oil-price rises from prolonged Middle East conflict could give much-needed boost to flagging Russian economy

Party’s leader accuses Coalition of ‘disastrous’ immigration policy claiming it ‘refused to work with communities’

Moscow’s forces launch 480 drones and 29 missiles targeting country’s energy and railway infrastructure

It’s not just stranded tourists and discommoded influencers who have been repatriated, Eoin Hayes has returned to the Dáil

Heating oil has shot up in price, petrol and diesel may continue to climb, but it may take longer to see the effect on interest rates and utility bills

Hungary’s seizure of seven Ukrainian bank staff transporting cash ratchets up dispute between Budapest and Kyiv

The party needs to develop grown up, logical and consistent positions on foreign policy to become a government alternative

US and its allies seek Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s drones

Kyiv could run out of funding unless the first disbursement of the EU package arrives by early April

Minister says intervention at this stage ‘highly unlikely’, arguing that last year’s budget measures were ‘permanent, affordable and sustainable’

Trump and Netanyahu deserve our eternal gratitude for their heroic efforts to avert nuclear war

But Fine Gael TD Edward Timmins emerges as unlikely star in Fianna Fáil’s leader’s two hours of need

Trump called for demonstrations against the regime and promised demonstrators support from the US. They demonstrated; they died in their thousands