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The Irish politician and the Russian 'honeytrap'
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When news dropped that a member of Ireland’s parliament was a suspected Russian agent, chaos ensued in the Irish parliament as politicians stood up to declare it wasn’t them. Today we hear from John Mooney, The Sunday Times investigative reporter who broke the story, on why Russia sees Ireland as Europe’s ‘Trojan horse’.
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Guest: John Mooney, investigative reporter, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: RTÉ News, RTÉ Radio.
Photo: Illustration by James Cowen.
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