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He was killed last August in a Russian missile attack which targeted the hotel where he had been staying in the town of Kramatorsk.

He was working as a security adviser for the Reuters news agency looking after journalists and photographers reporting on the conflict.

Mairead McGuinness and Andrew McDowell are to be put forward as nominees to replace Phil Hogan as European Commissioner. The Taoiseach will make a formal

It's expected Simon Coveney won't put his name forward to become Ireland's next European Commissioner. The Irish Times reports the Foreign Affairs