'If the visa issue had been resolved earlier, we could have been having a cup of tea in Ireland now'
Brendan Murphy's stepdaughter Olivia.
Irish man Brendan Murphy this morning fled the Ukrainian capital with his family as Russian forces moved into Kyiv.
There are 70 Irish citizens currently in Ukraine who have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs, according to a Government update this lunchtime.
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