Ireland to sign new political deal with Ukraine 

Ireland will sign a new political agreement with Ukraine, Tánaiste Micheál Martin will tell Cabinet on Tuesday. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Ireland will sign a new political agreement with Ukraine, Tánaiste Micheál Martin will tell Cabinet on Tuesday.

The agreement will express Ireland’s "strong solidarity with Ukraine and its people, and support its right to defend itself against Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion, under Article 51 of the UN Charter".