A nail-biting conclusion to the Eurovision Song Contest (RTÉ One 8pm) has seen Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra crowned winnerwith their track Stefania. Their victory arrives at the end of a marathon broadcast from Turin, where they are pushed all the way by the UK's Sam Ryder.
Ukrainian students will not have to pay international fees to access third-level courses in the Republic and will be eligible for State grants, under proposals to be considered by the Coalition shortly.
The US embassy is "working hard" to minimise waiting times for processing J1 visas and have increased resources to speed up applications, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.
Podcast: When Viktoria Sinelnik arrived in Dublin on March 22nd she was feeling optimistic about the future. Despite enduring nearly a month of violent bombardments in her home country, the 28-year-old doctor was hopeful about her new start in Ireland.
Bob Geldof: The human capacity to absorb horror is limited. In order to help us live, the mind must censor our senses. Add personal apprehension and fearfulness to unfolding misery, and our ability to empathise with more than one tragedy at a time is severely circumscribed.
The voices of young people will be feature in a new Citizens' Assembly on the future of education, Minister for Education Norma Foley has pledged.
There is nothing funny about the potential overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States. But even the grimmest of stories kicks up the odd trivial diversion.
Arguments that the Belfast Agreement is incompatible with the Northern Ireland protocol are "disingenuous and dangerous", Simon Coveney has said.
Marvel's slow takeover of all genres is nearly complete. It has made espionage dramas (Captain America: Winter Soldier), sitcoms (WandaVision), horror films (Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Scandi drama (Thor: Ragnarok), choose-your-own-adventure stories (also Dr Strange), foreign language drama (Captain Marvel – some characters speak Skrull) and teen dramas (the various Spider-Men).
