Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Dáil chamber after delivering his speech in a joint sitting of the Dáil and Seanad in Dublin on Tuesday. Photograph: Tony Maxwells/Pool/AFP via GettyAt a crucial moment for his country, Volodymyr Zelenskiy chose to come to Dublin. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy with President Catherine Connolly and his wife, Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska, at Áras an Uachtaráin on Tuesday. “Ukraine,” Zelenskiy told the Dáil, “is closer to peace than ever before ... This threatening vista, with the fate of his country in the balance, was the background to warm scenes that greeted Zelenskiy in Dublin.

Source: The Irish Times December 02, 2025 20:31 UTC