Chernobyl charity crusader and outspoken humanitarian Adi Roche is being tipped for the Freedom of Cork.

The Lord Mayor of Cork will visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant next week as he leads a historic Irish civic delegation to the region ahead of the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Adi Roche and Ali Hewson will receive the Princess Grace Humanitarian Award from Prince Albert in Monaco tonight in recognition of their work in helping thousands of children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Chernobyl Children International will be welcoming a group of children for their summer break in Ireland today.

Nuclear experts have insisted there is no safety threat after a partial roof collapse at the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

There is no room for compassion or sentiment when it comes to making money.

AN Irishwoman whose charity has helped thousands of seriously ill children in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been awarded Ukraine’s highest humanitarian award.

SELFLESS volunteers dedicated to rebuilding the lives of young people caught in the aftermath of one of the world’s worst disasters have been honoured.

HUNDREDS of children born with life-threatening heart defects as a direct result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will be saved by a gruelling 600km charity race in Munster.

The number of people treated for exposure to toxic smoke from a phosphorus fire in Ukraine more than tripled today, from 20 to 69, a day after a train loaded with the chemical derailed and caught fire.

The uninhabited and contaminated region around the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear power plant must be put to use again, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said today on the eve of the 21st anniversary of the world’s worst-ever nuclear accident.

ANDRIY Shevchenko knows how to make an entrance. Ukraine’s most famous export marked his AC Milan debut with a goal seven years ago and he did the same on his Chelsea bow in last Sunday’s Charity Shield defeat to Liverpool.

Ukraine marked the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster today with pealing bells, candlelit ceremonies and parliamentary debates about how much the country still does not know – and how much it needs to do to bring relief to the millions affected by the world’s worst nuclear accident.

GREENPEACE said yesterday in a new report that more than 90,000 people were likely to die of cancers caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, countering a UN report that predicted the death toll would be about 4,000.

The top prosecutor in the Russian republic of Chechnya said today that a criminal investigation has been opened into the improper storage of radioactive materials by a state-owned company in the capital, Grozny.

Ukrainian police stopped three men who tried to take about a ton of highly radioactive scrap metal from near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.