"It's long past time" to expel the Russian ambassador to Ireland.
That's according to local Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy.
He added that arguments against expelling the Russian ambassador, Yuri Filatov, "have been undermined by the very evident war crimes we have seen this week".
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Two Irish diplomats were expelled from Russia last night, while four Russian diplomats were recently expelled from the Russian Embassy in Dublin.
Speaking on this morning's Joe Finnegan Show, Deputy Carthy said Ireland's military neutrality does not mean the country is impartial to events in Ukraine, and that expelling the Russian ambassador would send a "very strong message":
