The Irish politician and the Russian 'honeytrap'
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 1:27.4 | Sometimes when you publish a story, |
| 1:29.8 | you just know it's going to cause a stir. A couple of weeks ago, a story in the Sunday |
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