Government changes meetings protocol after Taoiseach duped in Russian hoax call

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: 'Because of the advancements in technology, a lot more important things are going to have to happen in person.' Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Government has changed its procedures for setting meetings with the Taoiseach after Leo Varadkar was duped into a fake video conference with Russian pranksters.

The two pranksters, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, have published the call on the right-wing video website Rumble.