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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know with your morning coffee.
1. #CRISIS: Leader’s of the G7 industrial powers have condemned Russia’s “clear violation” of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
2. #OSCARS: Gravity took away the most statuettes at last night’s Academy Awards as 12 Years a Slave won the award for best picture. Here’s the full list of winners and losers.
3. #ATHLONE: The man who raped two young girls in Athlone last September is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court later today.
4. #OSCAR PISTORIUS: The South African Olympian has arrived in court in Pretoria ahead of the start of his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Here’s what’s to expect in the trial.
5. #SMOKING: Gerry Collins, a father-of-three who appeared in a hard-hitting HSE anti-smoking campaign in which he talked about his terminal lung cancer, has died of his illness.
6. #POLITICS IS LOCAL: Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has denied an accusation that he has handed roles on semi-state boards to “political cronies” after an accusation from a local election candidate in his constituency.
7. #BURGLARIES: A 44-year-old man will appear in court today charged in connection with a series of armed robberies of businesses in Dublin city in recent weeks.
8. #PAKISTAN: Eleven people including a judge have been killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack on a court in Islamabad according to AFP.
9. #SELFIE: At 2.3 million retweets and counting, this ultra A-list selfie tweeted by Ellen DeGeneres has become the most retweeted tweet of all time.
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Is Ireland worried about developments in the Ukraine?
Not enough, judging by the little coverage it is getting compared to other stories but we should be!!!
Ireland is at the end of a very long gas pipeline. Every year Europe’s largest gas market, the UK, imports more over seas gas, and then re-exports it to Ireland which is where 95% of our supply comes from. This is used for most of our electricity generation, heating our homes and businesses and for our manufacturers. Quite simply put, without it life as we know it doesn’t happen!
So while we might feel the Ukraine is very, very far away, most of Europe’s gas supplies from Russia pass through it and if these flows where to shut expect some severe disruption in the pipeline (pardon the pun!).
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