Europe

Investigation: How raw materials from Aughinish Alumina in Limerick enter Russia’s weapons supply chain

Alumina made in Aughinish, Co Limerick is exported to smelters that sell aluminium to a trader supplying Russian arms manufacturers, an investigation has found. The project analysed confidential documents, customs data and transport records along with satellite imagery and financial records, to trace the passage of materials from Guinea and Brazil, through Ireland, and on to Russian smelters.

Abroad

‘We can’t all live on a small island’: How Ireland pushed my generation to emigrate

I left in 1983 on a little trip to New Jersy. Forty-two years later and I’m still here