Department of Justice inundated with queries over bogus letter

A bogus letter purporting to be from the Department of Justice was sent out suggesting Ireland was planning to extradite Ukrainian men back home to be conscripted for the war.

The Department of Justice was flooded with queries about a bogus letter that went viral on social media suggesting Ireland was planning to extradite Ukrainian men back home to be conscripted for the war against Russia.

Concerns were raised that the fake correspondence could have been generated by Russian military propagandists to create panic among Ukrainians living in Ireland.