Chernobyl

07:00, 23 APR 2026

Chernobyl attack by 'murderous' Vladimir Putin poses deadly risk to children

Russia has been accused of targeting the protective dome at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant with drone strikes, with a security expert warning the damage could trigger a surge in Chernobyl radiation child cancer cases across Ukraine and beyond

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One chilling act took seconds to cause Chernobyl's horror explosion

On 26 April 1986, a fateful safety test at Chernobyl's Reactor 4 went catastrophically wrong — triggered when one man pressed the AZ-5 fail-safe button, setting off a chain reaction that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and affected tens of thousands of lives.

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'I was final person in Chernobyl control room - what I saw will stay with me forever'

Oleksiy Breus was in Chernobyl's control room when disaster struck in 1986. Decades later, he shares the harrowing details of watching colleagues die from radiation poisoning while his own body bore the physical scars of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe

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From 'Disease X' to 'another Chernobyl' - we look at nightmare risks to Ireland and how, or if, we would cope

Special investigation: The Irish Mirror analyses some of the worst-case scenarios facing the country, and what we could do when the worst happens

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World's leading authority on Chernobyl disaster impact escapes war in Ukraine to Ireland - and wants to create research centre in Mayo

Professor Yury Bandazhevsky will ask the world to support the project and enable him continue his ground-breaking work on the impact of radiation poisoning

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Adi Roche pleads for war to stop as Chernobyl base taken by Russian forces

'My worst nightmare in this conflict is that the tragedy of the Chernobyl disaster could be re-released on the world'

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Adi Roche charity flies team of surgeons to Chernobyl to carry out life-saving operations on babies and kids

Chernobyl Children International said it is 'heartbroken' it had to cancel a Christmas visit by special needs children affected by the disaster to come to Ireland

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Ben Fogle meets Chernobyl survivor who says she won't leave city until she dies

Preview clips from Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle show the presenter visiting a spooky abandoned hospital in Pripyat and meets a survivor who is intent on staying in the city until she dies

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Ben Fogle spends 'eerie and wretched' week inside Chernobyl exclusion zone

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Fogle has discussed spending a week inside the exclusion zone at Chernobyl where the nuclear power plant disaster unfolded 35 years ago

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Chernobyl star Jessie Buckley signs up for movie The Lost Daughter with Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson

Buckley, who was recently nominated for a BAFTA for her lead role in Wild Rose, is on a career roll

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Emotional scenes as smiling children affected by Chernobyl disaster fly into Dublin Airport

A group of 30 kids from Chernobyl were flown into Ireland to spend Christmas with their Irish families

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Irish actress Jessie Buckley named among 10 Actors to Watch by Variety

She can next be seen on the big screen alongside Renee Zellweger in Judy, which is slated for release on October 4

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Smiling faces as 120 kids affected by Chernobyl disaster fly into Ireland

Volunteers have opened 'their hearts and homes' to the children for the summer

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Barry Keoghan wows viewers during his interview with Tommy Tiernan

Barry told Tommy about his time spent in Dublin foster homes and how he uses his own past to aid with his acting skills

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Chernobyl viewers in stitches after spotting EastEnders' villain Trevor NAKED

Chernobyl fans got more than they bargained for as EastEnders' Trevor actor Alex Ferns appeared naked on the new HBO and Sky series

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