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IRELAND
Kinsale welcomed the Flotilla Freedom Coalition boat Kate and its crew who are en-route to Gaza. Pictured are Fiacc O’Brolchain, Channon Laurence, Edward Digilio, Fionn Macarthur and Dr Ali Shah. John Allen
John Allen
INTERNATIONAL
A kitesurfer makes use of strong winds on the Tallinn bay during the cyclone. (Sergei Grits/AP) AP Photo / Sergei Grits
AP Photo / Sergei Grits / Sergei Grits
#WRONG-WAY CRASH The police officers and five other males who died in wrong-way crash in England yesterday have been named.
#WARTIME ELECTIONS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it would be too dangerous for Ukraine to hold an election while it fights Russia’s invasion, after a call by his former defence minister to organise a vote.
#CYCLONE Two people have died and around half a million people were left without electricity across Latvia and Lithuania after a powerful cyclone, bringing rain and strong winds, hit the region.
PARTING SHOT
Olena Uriivna dressed in traditional Ukrainian dress in Dublin on Ukrainian National Flag Day. Olena Uriivna.
Olena Uriivna.
It was Ukraine’s National Flag Day today, with Ukrainians in Dublin celebrating and dressing in traditional dress. Monday marks the country’s Independence Day.
“While the war in Ukraine continues, these days carry an especially important meaning for us,” said Olena Uriivna.
Uriivna dressed in traditional dress today, including a handmade Tryzub headpiece, which she designed and made herself.
She decorated it with traditional Ukrainian symbols – sunflower, wheat and kalyna – representing Ukraine’s land, heritage, life and resilience.