FG: Vulnerability of Irish passports highlighted

THE travel documents allegedly used by one of the Russian “spy ring” suspects again highlighted the vulnerability of the Irish passport, according to Fine Gael.

The party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Billy Timmins, called on Foreign Affairs Minister, Micheál Martin, to spell out the steps being taken to address the fraudulent use of Irish passports.

“It’s only five months since we learned that eight (fake) Irish passports were used by a Mossad unit which carried out the assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud al Mabhouh, in a Dubai hotel last January.