'Emergency arrangements'

Mar 2, 2024 | rte.ie | 'Emergency arrangements'

At leat 9a people were arrested across Russia yesterday after demonstrations were held as the funerla of opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic inside Russia, died at the age of 47 in an Arctic penal colony on 16 February, sparking accusations from his supporters that he had been murdered. The Kremlin has denied any state involvement in his death.

Mar 2, 2024 | rte.ie | 'Emergency arrangements'

Road users are being advised to be careful as surfaces continue to be hazardous with a Status Yellow ice warning in place for the country until 9am. Yesterday, Met Éireann has said it was "not surprised" snow fell across the country given forecasts for a mix of rain and sleet in recent days but acknowledged warnings were issued "at very short notice", with Status Orange warnings warranted in some areas.

Mar 2, 2024 | rte.ie | Mary Regan |'Emergency arrangements'

This day next week it will be known whether or not the Irish people have decided to make further changes to the Constitution after what will be voters' first opportunity to cast a ballot in more than four years. The twin referendums – on the issues of Family and Care – will follow campaigns that have been complicated, at times directionless and which didn’t fall neatly along ideological lines.

Mar 2, 2024 | rte.ie | Tony Connelly |'Emergency arrangements'

At the Ukraine summit in Paris on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron made a startling announcement. "We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war," he told reporters. "Everything is possible," he said, including sending Western troops to Ukraine. It seemed a clear escalation in the West's support for Kyiv. It has also signalled a decisive shift by President Macron.

Mar 2, 2024 | rte.ie | Justin McCarthy |'Emergency arrangements'

It was just before 8am when the first rocket went off. It was followed by another, then another and another, a series of deafening explosions. I was eating an army breakfast of porridge and hard boiled eggs in the cookhouse of Camp Shamrock when the first blast sounded. I looked up, a tannoy rang out and then a shout went up. "Groundhog…Groundhog" the codeword to take cover in defensive bunkers. It was the signal to get on my UN issued flak jacket and helmet, grab my respirator and run like hell.