Embassy: Decision to expel Russian diplomats 'will not go unanswered'

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney summoned the Russian ambassador to advise him that the diplomats have to leave the country

A plaque at the Russian Embassy in Dublin. File Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Ireland has expelled four Russian diplomats from the country.

Earlier this afternoon, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney summoned the Russian ambassador to advise him that the diplomats have to leave because their activities "have not been in accordance with international standards of diplomatic behaviour."