News correspondent @thejournal.ie - long time hack, ex-garda (Irish cop) also ex pro-cycling PR. I cover mostly national security, defence and crime.
Niall O’Connor
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New episode of The Explainer: What does a Limerick refinery have to do with a Russian sanctions row?
Our News Correspondent Niall O'Connor joins us to look at Aughinish Alumina, its Russian owners, and the investigation tracing its product to the Russian military.
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Gun discovered in car as driver flees scene of fatal Limerick crash jrnl.ie/7064847
EU foreign affairs chief will discuss impact of sanctions on Aughinish Alumina in Dublin meetings jrnl.ie/7064002
A Serbian peacekeeper has been killed in a shelling of his UN position in south Lebanon this morning.
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An update to the sanctions story earlier.
EU foreign affairs chief said Aughinish Alumina not on sanctions list as Ireland investigates jrnl.ie/7064904
Defence Forces 'disappointed' after event signage and bins placed at memorial to dead soldiers jrnl.ie/7069428
Security concerns mounting over potential attack on Russian-owned factory in Limerick jrnl.ie/7059612
Irish Defence Forces at risk of running out of ammunition stocks as multiple wars rage jrnl.ie/7063657
Aircraft carrying French, Dutch and Greek defence ministers in security alert in Cyprus jrnl.ie/7064202
Young man dies in fatal stabbing near Grafton Street, Dublin after large row breaks out near venue
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Photographs emerged of bins and signs placed at the site of the eternal flame and monument inside Dublin’s Merrion Square.
In a statement the United National Interim Force in lebanon (UNIFIL) said the soldier was killed in Marjayoun in the south-eastern area of the country.
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Senior security sources said there are significant concerns that the facility could be directly targeted.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he is satisfied with Irish security measures to combat similar incidents for Ireland’s EU Presidency which begins in July.
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Kaja Kallas was speaking to reporters in Brussels this morning and the issue of the Russian owned factory sending refined alumina to Russia was raised.
