Evening headlines: Ukrainian President Zelensky thanks Ireland for help; New Covid restrictions not considered

Here are the main news of the evening from Independent.ie.

‘Totally untrue’ – Michael O’Leary denies Ryanair raised prices for Ukrainian refugees fleeing war

The Ukraine’s ambassador to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko, yesterday said the airline has raised prices from Poland.

Ukrainian President Zelensky thanked Taoiseach for ‘helping the Ukrainian people’ in a phone call

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Michael Martin “for helping the Ukrainian people” in a phone call with Taoiseach this evening.

Taoiseach warns ‘Jury’ whether Ireland will fall into economic recession due to Ukraine war

Michael Martin said there will be a The “price” to pay for the war but current projections suggest the country won’t slip into a recession this year.

Taoiseach’s meeting with Kamala Harris was canceled after the husband of the US vice president tested positive for Covid-19

Breakfast was scheduled to take place at the U.S. Naval Observatory early Thursday morning, shortly before his scheduled trip to meet President Joe Biden.

Michael Healy-Rae on Eamon Ryan’s ‘drive slower’ comment: ‘That man never pulled, pushed or spread anything’

“That man [Minister Ryan] never pull, push, cut, cut or spread anything, so He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. ”

The court said that the woman (95 years old) was knocked to the ground and robbed of the proceeds to help Ukrainian refugees

Prosecutors revealed that she She broke her shoulder when she carried a charity bag was jerked last week in broad daylight.

Government concerned about increase in Covid-19 cases – but new restrictions not yet considered

It comes in the middle Concerns about a Bank Holiday surge double this week after 25,000 cases were reported over the weekend.

Sligo community is shocked when faced with the tragedy of losing a young life

It is perhaps entirely fitting that Ballymote Parish Priest, Father James McDonagh’s beautiful eulogy to a “The boy is so gentle and kind” should end with the last line of a beautiful song about love and loss in Gaelic.-two ends of the same coin.

Mother on the phone with her son when he was shot dead on her doorstep will be forever haunted by the ‘barbaric’ murder, court says

Thomas Farnan (37 years old) is a ‘friendly giant’, The sentencing hearing for the man (26 years old) who pleaded guilty to disposing of the gun was told.

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West Ham defender Kurt Zouma indicted by RSPCA for kicking and slapping video

Kurt Zouma was seen kicking and slapping one of his cats in footage that appeared on social media in FebruaryThe RSPCA will take care of the 27-year-old’s two pet cats in the same month.