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China denies Russia asking for military assistance as Russian strikes hit residential area of ​​Ukrainian capital Kyiv

China today denied allegations by US officials that Russia had requested military assistance in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading “malicious disinformation” that could escalate the conflict.

A series of Russian strikes hit a residential area of ​​the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday

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House registered in Catriona Carey for sale as gardaí probe mortgage scam

A property registered in the name of former Irish hockey player Catriona Carey has been put up for sale on auction site BidX1 for €365,000.

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The Indo Daily: False flags and fake news – – how the war on Ukraine is fueled by propaganda

Mick Wallace says Russia has ‘real security concerns’ as he and Clare Daly defend opposition to EU motion

Last night MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace maintained their opposition to a European Parliament motion against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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“They left with everything they could put in a backpack and without a plan”

A Limerick man working with the charity Concern in Ukraine has told how traumatized refugees arriving at its borders with their frightened children have no idea what’s next and are therefore very vulnerable.

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A nurse who put a sheet over the head of an 8-year-old disabled boy faces being struck off the register

A nurse who brutally handled a severely disabled non-verbal child and placed a sheet over his head risks being struck off the nursing register.

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Majority of children aged 5-11 are unvaccinated as Covid cases rise

Figures reveal that only 93,000 of the 480,000 children aged 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated despite being offered it since early January.

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Studio anti-war protester disrupts Russian state television live news

An anti-war protester interrupted the main news program of Russian state television Channel One on Monday, holding up a sign behind the studio presenter with slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine.

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After years of cuts, mortgage rates are rising

Central banks around the world, including the European Central Bank, have indicated that they will raise their key rates for banks.

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Fears Land Commission records have been destroyed in ‘monumental loss to the history of this country’

Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University fears that tens of thousands of letters sent to the Land Commission by citizens of rural Ireland regarding land and other social issues are being lost to history.

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