Coverage of all of today's developments in Ukraine where the Russian invasion is in its 12th day.

Ukraine has said negotiations were taking place with Russia on establishing humanitarian corridors but that they were unlikely to be set up while Russian forces keep trying to advance.

Measures to give electricity users a €200 credit on their bills has been signed into law and it is expected that people will start receiving the discount from next month.

The alarm bells are getting louder - an audible warning that the outflow of people fleeing Ukraine is going to surge this week.

An Irish medical student who is trying to leave Ukraine has told RTÉ News that she is in a car, attempting to leave the Ukrainian city of Sumy.

The Catholic church has reached an agreement with the Department of Education which may give fresh impetus to the provision of greater choice in primary education provision for families..

Ukrainian civilians remaining in Kyiv to bolster its defences have called on the international community to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

Russia has boycotted hearings at the UN's highest court during which Ukraine will argue that Moscow has falsely applied genocide law in justifying its invasion and will seek an emergency order halting hostilities.

Oil prices soared more than 9% today, touching their highest since 2008, as the US and European allies mull a Russian oil import ban and delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global markets fuelled tight supply fears.

Strong winds and heavy rains will sweep across parts of the west, south and northwest of the country, as Met Éireann issues a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for ten counties.

For Kyiv couple of Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Filimonov, who have been together for 20 years and raised an 18-year-old daughter, an official marriage was never of any significance.

The Government has approved an Employment Regulation Order for the contract cleaning industry, which will see a pay increase for workers from 1 April.

The number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland could exceed 80,000, a government minister has confirmed.

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has confirmed he will be calling farming bodies to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss food and animal feed security in the light of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Two Fianna Fáil politicians - Senator Timmy Dooley and MEP Billy Kelleher - have met political leaders in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

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All bets are off for gambling firms as the increased focus on ethics is forcing the industry to change its business model.

MEP Clare Daly has accused the EU of "accelerating the conflict" in Ukraine and said the wider international community should be promoting peace.

Efforts to rescue stranded Irish medical student Racheal Diyaolu from the Ukrainian city of Sumy appear to have failed.

Invading forces in Ukraine pushed closer to Kyiv as efforts to evacuate 200,000 people from the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol fell apart for a second day in a row.