Anglo tapes story having a global reach

The Anglo tapes story has put Ireland on the international news agenda for all the wrong reasons this week.

Data from O'Leary Analytics has found that as of this morning, there were 1,513 articles across 650 publications printed in 48 different countries on the issue.

Those figures were taken before German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the tapes last night.

Stephen O'Leary from O'Leary Analytics said this is one of the top ten international stories involving Ireland in the last 12 months.