Can Ireland defend its trade with Russia?
Brussels Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
4.4 • 205 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:29.6 | Good morning. It's Tuesday, June 9, and this is the Brussels Playbook podcast. |
| 0:46.3 | The vibe in Brussels today is awkward as Ireland prepares to take on the EU presidency while at the same time facing uncomfortable questions about what it's still exporting to Russia. |
| 0:52.4 | Also on the pod? |
| 0:54.9 | Smart glasses. |
| 0:58.5 | They're moving from sci-fi gadget to Brussels privacy headache. |
| 1:06.7 | And visitors to the San Quentin Air Park in Brussels will be met with concerts and inflatable artwork to celebrate the Commission's new European Bauhaus initiative. |
| 1:07.9 | Bear with us. |
| 1:09.2 | There's going to be a ride. |
| 1:14.1 | I'm Zoya Shatelovic and with me today is my colleague policy editor Sarah Wheaton. Hey, Sarah. be a ride. I'm Zoya Shatelovic, and with me today is my colleague policy editor, Sarah Wheaton. Hey, Sarah. |
| 1:20.1 | Hey, Zoya. Have you ever seen a giant inflatable bow house initiative blow-up thing in the park? |
| 1:24.7 | No, I'll have to go check it out. Can't wait. I think it's going to be a gas. |
| 1:28.3 | Oh, shit. It's early in the week still, folks. |
| 1:31.1 | Sarah, let's first zoom in to what's happening in Dublin. |
| 1:34.7 | Kaya Kallas, that's the EU's High Representative, the top diplomat for the block. |
| 1:38.8 | She's arriving there today for a meeting with the Prime Minister, Michael Martin. |
| 1:42.8 | And she's got some uncomfortable questions |
| 1:44.5 | for him because what we've seen is this flurry of news reports over the past week about the fact |
| 1:50.4 | that Ireland is exporting massive amounts of alumina, which is the raw material used to make |
| 1:56.4 | aluminum, to Russia. Yeah. And look, they're allowed to do that because you can use this for civilian |
| 2:02.8 | industry, and that's why it's not sanction, but like you can also use it to make weapons, |
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