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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Anita McSorley & Paul Healy

TD calls for Russian Ambassador to be booted out of Ireland after Putin's latest comments

A FineGael TD has called for the Russian Ambassador to Ireland to be booted out - and for Ukrainian refugees to be housed in his embassy.

Outspoken TD Neale Richmond, who is Fine Gael’s European Affairs spokesperson, said in light of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest incendiary comments, his Ambassador - Yuri Filatov, should be expelled from this country.

“The Russian Ambassador continues to work here as a tool of the brutal Putin regime, launching verbal attacks on our own Government and spreading tragic disinformation about this war.

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