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[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this.

JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor?

ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father.

JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small?

ZELENSKYY: I love you.

JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older?

ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you.

JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried?

ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people.

And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry.

JOURNALIST: Are you a hero?

ZELENSKYY: No.

JOURNALIST: So who is your hero?

ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

This is the Irish minister for foreign affairs pushing sanctions for Isreal while she remains silent about the huge scandal around the russian refinery that still sends 14 ships to St Petersburg per month.

[Kate @katerohan1]

@KirstieMAllsopp Also some pretend to be UK or close by countries using technology for same

[Kate @katerohan1]

@ElonBeyondX Wales

[Kate @katerohan1]

@Lord_Sugar Wales

[Kate @katerohan1]

@CaolanReports Thank you

[Kate @katerohan1]

@CaolanReports I wish you all the best Caolan and thank you for your work

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Before I leave Ireland, I want to place on record that in the last 24 hours I have received constant stalking and death threats for my reporting. However I will not be intimidated.

What I have uncovered is deeply troubling, and the effort to silence it only makes that clearer.

[Morgan O'Ciardha @CiardhaMorgan]

@Bartaway I would love if we did. It's an environmental disaster waiting to happen https://t.co/jKZO9EXnH7

[Conor Gallagher @ConorGallaghe_r]

Rusal, the company that owns the Aughinish Alumina, continues to be controlled by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, according to a confidential report by Swedish tax authorities.

https://t.co/TaEVXlG5Dz

[willieeckerslike @willieckerslike]

When he’s right he’s right

DAN HODGES: When Britain needed a leader to articulate our pain, disgust and despair, Keir Starmer was missing in action. Kemi stepped up - and spoke like a real Prime Minister https://t.co/nO2gma62H8

[Donnacha Ó Beacháin @DonnachaDCU]

Why does Aughinish in Ireland export so much alumina to Russia?

Ownership! It's a Russian company, part of an internal supply chain feeding Russian industry despite the invasion of Ukraine

There are alternatives

Listen here:

[Kate @katerohan1]

@danobrien20 @RachelMoiselle @CSOIreland Thanks Dan . It’s disturbing to say the least

[Dan O'Brien @danobrien20]

Irish exports to Russia have risen significantly since 2022, reaching €830 million last year. The single biggest commodity group in 2025 was 'metalliferous ores and metal scrap', valued at €316 million.

These are @CSOIreland figures, and it's important to note that companies share such data confidently, for reasons of obvious commercial sensitivity. Statisticians aggregate the data from all company submissions and publish only aggregated totals.

[Dan the “Shadow Tanker Bonker” @realLangerDan]

🚨Ireland’s National Trust weighs in on Aughinish Alumina.

The house of cards is starting to fall.

#Alumina21

[John O’Brennan @JohnOBrennan2]

Ireland cannot continue to hide behind the notion of an investigation of where Rusal’s alumina goes. The @IrishTimes and partners have done that and revealed 80% of Aughinish supply goes directly to Moscow.

As @CaolanReports says sanctions needed now.

[Robert Gilbey @RobGilbey]

Very difficult to claim neutrality when you are a critical part of an active war criminal's supply chain.

As an Irish citizen this is not only deeply concerning, it is embarrassing, and quite frankly a testament to the absence of values-based leadership in Irish politics.

[Kate @katerohan1]

@ciarannugent @RuaryMartin Personal tax+ Prsi+USC and go to top rate quickly

[Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon]

This story is getting much attention as Ireland is about to take over the rotating presidency of the EU Council.

[Kate @katerohan1]

@Number10cat @danielmgmoylan It’s non Schengen mainly as they mix UK and Ireland in Faro anyway