Summary
TANAISTE Mary Coughlan is embroiled in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after snubbing her Russian counterpart.
Miss Coughlan, who is also Minister for Enterprise, was due to lead an Irish delegation to Moscow on a five-day trade mission this month.See the full content of this document
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Calamity Coughlan ; Tanaiste in the Eye of yet Another Political Storm As She Snubs Russia's Second-in-Command and Sends a Junior Minister Instead [Eire Region]
But she has now dropped out of the trip and is being replaced by a junior minister - and no one thought to inform the authorities in Russia.
The Irish mission comes two months after Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak visited Ireland as part of a reciprocal...See the full content of this document
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