Leo Varadkar has paid tribute to a Ukrainian man who left Ireland to fight in the war after he was killed while “defending his country”. Oleksandr Zavhorodniy, who lived in Ireland for the last 20 years, died while fighting in Ukraine last week. The father-of-two, who was known to friends and family as Alex, had worked in the Aldi store in Sandyford and left for Ukraine last month. “A 45-year-old Ukrainian man who lived, for the last 20 years, in Ireland working in Aldi in Sandyford, and lived in Stillorgan. “He sadly lost his life defending his home country in Ukraine from Russian attack.

Source: The Herald April 07, 2022 16:51 UTC