{"id":171375,"date":"2025-12-02T17:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/171375\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:26:08","slug":"zelenskyy-urges-ireland-to-use-your-voice-in-opposing-russias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/171375\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy urges Ireland to \u2018use your voice\u2019 in opposing Russia\u2019s war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Oireachtas and the people of Ireland to \u201cuse your voice\u201d to oppose the Russian invasion of his country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe do not feel your voice, the voice of Ireland, is turning quieter,\u201d Mr Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> \u201cThank you for not losing faith in us, just as we do not lose faith that the day will come when we will welcome all our friends to Ukraine in peace and when we will welcome home all our people who were forced to flee, back to a peaceful Ukraine. We are working to make it real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA peace without humiliation and based on something truly real, on shared values. Those values are not business as usual, not appeasement of killers, not turning a blind eye to what has happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis has gone on far too long to simply close our eyes and turn the page on Russia without the just peace \u201cWe need real peace. Help us achieve it and never lose your faith in Ukraine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4882836_3_articleinline_IRISH_20Ukraine_20_2016385492.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Martin and First Lady Olena Zelenska (right) in the Dail chamber as they wait for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Picture: Tony Maxwell\/Maxwells\/PA Wire\" title=\"Mrs Martin and First Lady Olena Zelenska (right) in the Dail chamber as they wait for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Picture: Tony Maxwell\/Maxwells\/PA Wire\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Mrs Martin and First Lady Olena Zelenska (right) in the Dail chamber as they wait for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Picture: Tony Maxwell\/Maxwells\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Zelenskyy was introduced by Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said that Ireland &#8220;is not \u2013 and will never be \u2013 morally neutral in the face of atrocity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;The Irish, who themselves have lived the trauma of immigration and war, have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of Ukrainians who now live and work among us. Your people enrich our communities and share their culture, even though their hearts remain with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Ireland\u2019s journey to peace was long and hard, but it succeeded because people persevered in the belief that peace is the only solution. That same possibility exists for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;President Zelenskyy, we hope for \u2013 and look forward to \u2013 the day when Ukraine can celebrate peace. We stand with the Ukrainian people \u2013 in solidarity, in friendship, and in hope. May your courage and the strength of your people lead to a just and lasting peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Oireachtas and the people of Ireland to \u201cuse your voice\u201d to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,2040],"class_list":["post-171375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}