Ireland has asked a Russian diplomat to leave the country after a police inquiry showed Moscow's intelligence services had forged Irish passports for use by a US-based spy ring.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Feb 2011, 14:19 BST
Updated 1st Feb 2011, 21:13 BST
Ireland has asked a Russian diplomat to leave the country after a police inquiry showed Moscow's intelligence services had forged Irish passports for use by a US-based spy ring.
The foreign ministry said the effective theft of the identity of six Irish citizens was "completely unacceptable".