Fallout 'a slur on Irish people'

An Irish Government minister tonight accused the state broadcaster of portraying Irish people as barbaric in a programme about an accident at the Sellafield nuclear plant.

Fallout 'a slur on Irish people'

An Irish Government minister tonight accused the state broadcaster of portraying Irish people as barbaric in a programme about an accident at the Sellafield nuclear plant.

RTE’s documentary-style drama, screened this week, used BBC-style news reports and amateur video footage from mobile phones to portray panic on Dublin’s streets as terrified residents scrambled to get out of the city.

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