Expulsion of Irish diplomats from Moscow 'completely unjustified', says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking after Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, addressed a Joint Sitting of both Dail and Seanad Éireann (the Houses of the Oireachtas, Irish Parliament) in the Dáil Chamber of Leinster House, Dublin. Pictured: Maxwells/PA Wire

The expulsion of two Irish diplomats from the embassy in Moscow has been described as “completely unjustified” by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

The Irish ambassador to Russia, Brian McElduff, was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow on Thursday afternoon and told two diplomats had been asked to leave.