Thousands of Ukrainians have marked their national independence day in Ireland.One of Dublin's most central streets was awash with the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag as 31 years of the country's independence from the Moscow-controlled former Soviet Union was marked.Long-term residents in Ireland as well as those more recently arrived as refugees from the Russian invasion gathered on the date which also marks the six month anniversary of the ongoing war.

Thousands of Ukrainians have marked their national independence day in Ireland.One of Dublin's most central streets was awash with the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag as 31 years of the country's independence from the Moscow-controlled former Soviet Union was marked.Long-term residents in Ireland as well as those more recently arrived as refugees from the Russian invasion gathered on the date which also marks the six month anniversary of the ongoing war.