Ukrainian-Irish Cultural Platform

22/08/2025

29/07/2025

An evening in honour of the winner of the Orwell prize, Looking at Women, Looking at War, by Victoria Amelina. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. Destined to be a classic, a poet’s powerful look at the courage of resistance. We’ll be joined by the book’s editor Yaryna Grusha to discuss and honour the book and its author on Tuesday 29th July at 6.00pm.

An evening in honour of the winner of the Orwell prize, Looking at Women, Looking at War, by Victoria Amelina. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. Destined to be a…

16/06/2025

Join us at the event dedicated to World Refugee Day 🌍

Listen to the stories of journalist and cultural manager Natalya Kornienko, analyst and journalist Ksenia Samotiy, and copywriter and translator Katya van Huystee, and learn more about the way of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland 🇺🇦

How did they leave their homes back in 2022? What did they do to integrate in Ireland? How do they feel themselves now?

It’s an English-speaking event, so feel free to come and invite your friends and colleagues!

📅Saturday, June 21, 4:00 PM

📍Ukraine Community Centre Rathmines, 96 Rathmines Rd Upper, Rathmines, Dublin, D06 W678

You are very welcome 🙌

Запрошуємо вас на подію, присвячену Всесвітньому дню біженців 🌍

Послухайте історії журналістки та культурної менеджерки Наталії Корнієнко, аналітикині та журналістки Ксенії Самотій, а також копірайтерки та перекладачки Каті Ван Хаусте. Дізнайтеся більше про шлях українських біженців в Ірландії 🇺🇦

Як вони залишили свої домівки у 2022 році? Як інтегрувалися в ірландське суспільство? Як вони почуваються зараз?

Захід проходитиме англійською мовою, тож приходьте самі та запрошуйте друзів і колег!

📅 Субота, 21 червня, 16:00
📍 Ukraine Community Centre Rathmines, 96 Rathmines Rd Upper, Rathmines, Dublin, D06 W678

09/06/2025

11 years ago, on June 9, 2014, the Russian Federation seized and turned the «Izolyatsia» Platform for Cultural Initiatives in Donetsk (https://izolyatsia.ui.org.ua) into an illegal prison and de facto concentration camp, where detainees are subjected to torture, including electric shocks and mock executions, and sexual violence.

After February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, it continued to favor the shooting of unarmed civilians, torture, r**e, «filtration camps» and illegal detention. And this is not a complete list of atrocities that have revealed the true face of «Russianness».

The leveling by the Russian Federation of universal values of humanity, unfreedom, untruth, which are the most obvious evidence of the real face of the terrorist state, are screened, in particular, in the documentary film «Izolyatsia» (directed by I.Minaev, http://surl.li/ixytso) and in the biographical film about S.Aseyev «The Bright Path» (directed by I.Ryabenka, http://surl.li/tvvcyg).

As noted by writer Stanislav Aseev, who was held in the illegal «Izolyatsia» prison in 2017-2019, «the «Izolyatsia» concentration camp is Russia in miniature, and it will come to everyone in Europe if Ukraine falls».

We call on the international community to increase pressure on the Russian Federation until its crimes are halted and all prisoners held in the «Izolyatsia» prison, as well as in other torture and filtration camps, are released. We further urge renewed and intensified efforts to ensure the effective work of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, which will allow for a proper investigation and prosecution of all those responsible.



11 років тому, 9 червня 2014 року, РФ захопила і перетворила культурний фонд «Ізоляція» в Донецьку (https://izolyatsia.ui.org.ua) на незаконну в'язницю, а де-факто — у концтабір, де утримувані особи піддаються тортурам, зокрема й електричним струмом й через імітацію страти та сексуальному насиллю.

Після 24 лютого 2022 року, розпочавши повномасштабне військове вторгнення в Україну, РФ продовжила віддавати перевагу розстрілам беззбройних цивільних, тортурам, зґвалтуванням, «фільтраційним таборам» та незаконним ув'язненням. І це далеко не повний перелік звірств, які розкрили справжнє обличчя «російськості».

Нівелювання РФ універсальних цінностей людства, несвободи, неправди, які є найочевиднішим свідченням справжнього обличчя держави-терориста екранізовані, зокрема, у документальному фільмі «Ізоляція» (реж. @І.Мінаєв, http://surl.li/ixytso) та у біографічному фільмі про С.Асєєва «The Bright Path» (реж. @І.Рябенька, http://surl.li/tvvcyg).
Як зазначив письменник Станіслав Асєєв, який у 2017—2019 утримувався у незаконній в'язниці «Ізоляція», «концтабір «Ізоляція» — це РФ у мініатюрі, і він прийде до всіх в Європу, якщо Україна впаде».

Ми закликаємо міжнародне співтовариство посилювати тиск на РФ допоки її злочини не будуть припинені, а всі ув'язнені у тюрмі «Ізоляція», а також в інших подібних їй катівнях та фільтраційних таборах не будуть звільнені. Ми закликаємо також подвоїти зусилля задля запровадження ефективної роботи Спеціального трибуналу щодо злочину агресії проти України для належного розслідування та притягнення всіх винних до відповідальності.

25/05/2025

"Bravery and resistance, selflessness and sacrifice. Serhii Plokhy gives a gripping account of the chaos and disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear plant from the first day of russia’s full-scale invasion."

Serhii Plokhy is the author of Chornobyl: History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize, the New York Times bestseller The Gates of Europe, among others. He is Professor of History at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

Presented with support from The Centre for Resistance Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

Tickets here:
https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/chernobyl-roulette-in-ukraine-serhii-plokhy/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKfw5VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHoHopF2kJnq5hQWI0z9Jx7KOS_l9iVmtIaY0zMr9zqKtLBBAFeYnDI20Gz7o_aem_0uqqFogwQ_KpzKe-S2oiLg

On the first day of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, armoured vehicles approached the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital – and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. This Russian occupation of the plant would last thirty-five days. In a book that reads like a thriller, Serhii Plokhy’s Chornobyl Roulette tells the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. This gripping and unforgettable book sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, and tells a remarkable story about human nature, uncertainty and courage.

“This is an occupation story like no other… extraordinary… a great book.” Financial Times

08/05/2025

To understand Ukraine’s modern history and current challenges, we must look at how WWII shaped its people, lands. Ukraine's experience was distinct: divided among multiple states, targeted by both N**i and Soviet regimes, and later caught in ‘memory wars’ that persist into the 21st century.
The course ‘Ukraine: The (Un)finished Second World War’ developed by the Ukrainian Institute - Український інститут and EdEra, explores the country’s 20th-century experience.

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Ukraine in WWII: global conflict, historical narratives, and modern "memory wars" over the "Ukrainian question". - Free Course

08/05/2025

Almost 120,000 prisoners from Ukraine passed through Auschwitz. 86,000 of them were Transcarpathian Jews, while others were the Red Army POWs, members of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (so-called Banderites), and forced labourers. Most Ukrainian prisoners in Auschwitz were Ostarbeiters — civilians forcibly taken for labour in N**i Germany. Many tried to escape but were caught and sent to camps, including Auschwitz.
In September 1941, the N**is tested Zyklon B gas on wounded Red Army POWs, including Ukrainians — marking the start of systematic killings with poison gas.
Among the victims were thousands of underage Ukrainian boys and girls, remembered only by brief records: names, camp numbers, and the charge of “unauthorised departure from place of work”.
The most tragic fate befell the last wave of Ukrainian prisoners: Transcarpathian Jews. They were deported in cattle cars via Slovakia, where Hungarian guards handed them to the Germans. Denied food or water along the way, many died before even reaching the camps. Of 86,000 who endured this ordeal, fewer than one in five survived.
This story was originally created for Local History magazine and translated by the Ukraїner International team.
Read the full article by Olesia Isaiuk here: https://www.ukrainer.net/.../ukrainian-prisoners-of.../

Almost 120,000 prisoners from Ukraine passed through Auschwitz. 86,000 of them were Transcarpathian Jews, while others were the Red Army POWs, members of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (so-called Banderites), and forced labourers. Most Ukrainian prisoners in Auschwitz were Ostarbeiters — civilians forcibly taken for labour in N**i Germany. Many tried to escape but were caught and sent to camps, including Auschwitz.

In September 1941, the N**is tested Zyklon B gas on wounded Red Army POWs, including Ukrainians — marking the start of systematic killings with poison gas.
Among the victims were thousands of underage Ukrainian boys and girls, remembered only by brief records: names, camp numbers, and the charge of “unauthorised departure from place of work”.

The most tragic fate befell the last wave of Ukrainian prisoners: Transcarpathian Jews. They were deported in cattle cars via Slovakia, where Hungarian guards handed them to the Germans. Denied food or water along the way, many died before even reaching the camps. Of 86,000 who endured this ordeal, fewer than one in five survived.

This story was originally created for Local History magazine and translated by the Ukraїner International team.

Read the full article by Olesia Isaiuk here: https://www.ukrainer.net/en/ukrainian-prisoners-of-auschwitz/

05/05/2025

Both ideologies glorify violence, erase democracy, dehumanize the other, and rewrite history to justify their crimes.

Here’s a closer look at how modern-day Ruscism mirrors the darkest features of 20th-century N**ism – from cults of strong leaders to genocide and militarized propaganda.

05/05/2025

📖 Literary Morning with Yurii Andrukhovych: Reading, books presentation & Q+A >> free entrance for students

📅 Tuesday, 13th May
⏰ 10 AM – 12 PM
📍 Thomas Davis Theatre

📖 Literary Morning with Yurii Andrukhovych: Reading, books presentation & Q+A - free entrance for students

Step into the imaginative world of Yurii Andrukhovych — one of Ukraine’s most distinctive literary voices. Through selected readings and reflections, this event offers a glimpse into his rich, provocative body of work.

Get to know Yurii’s books:

Lovers of Justice (Kokhantsi Yustytsii) — a collection of ironic and philosophical stories exploring crime, guilt, and justice.

Radio Night (Radio Nich) — a surreal and politically charged novel about a musician broadcasting underground radio while hiding from a totalitarian regime.

Lexicon of Intimate Cities (Leksikon intymnykh mist) — a personal atlas of 111 cities, each tied to the author’s memories and reflections.

Letters to Ukraine (Lysty v Ukrainu) — select poems have been translated and published in English literary journals like Poetry Magazine.

Expect themes of identity, absurdity, and the ever-shifting borders of culture and language — all wrapped in Andrukhovych’s signature style.

Free entrance for students:

📅 Tuesday, 13th May
⏰ 10 AM – 12 PM
📍 Thomas Davis Theatre

Free entrance for students

26/04/2025

INTERCEPTED screens as part of IFI ENCOUNTERS.
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Nominated for the 2025 Lux Audience Award.
Directed by Oksana Karpovych
Produced by Les Films Cosmos, Hutong Productions, Moon Man

📷 MON 28TH
📷 18.30
📷 https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-encounters-intercepted/

The camera registers images of destruction in unhurried shots, in which we see Ukrainian villages, towns, houses and motorways after their liberation from the Russian occupation. We look closely – not into the abyss of destruction and death, but rather at landscapes being filled again with life. This gives hope and serves to balance out the media’s normalization of horror. They are frames set against the flood of images. Throughout the film, the soundtrack forms a shocking counterpoint. We listen to the recordings of telephone conversations intercepted in 2022 by the Ukrainian Secret Service between Russian soldiers in trenches in Ukraine and their families. It’s hard to decide which element is more devastating: the soldiers’ confessions of the r**e, looting and brutal torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war or the (mainly) female voices from “back home” that bear witness to chauvinism and hatred, disinformation and schizophrenic propaganda. Sound and image stare each other in the face, stunned, brought together in a cinematic space.