Taoiseach urges EU leaders to fast-track Ukraine’s membership

Micheál Martin urges EU leaders to accelerate Ukraine’s membership process, calling it key to future security and peace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a joint press conference at the Ukrainian Government Building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called on the European Union to speed up Ukraine's membership process.

Mr Martin said that he would be pushing strongly for its membership to be accelerated when he attends a meeting with other European leaders this afternoon.