What's the point of Paul Murphy?

Surprised that he didn't manage to squeeze Leo into his whataboutery post.

Don't forget investing in Russian companies, letting Putin and his friends use Ireland to filter money through. And keeping up those arrangements despite Putun assassinating people, locking them up and butchering Chechnyans. Thats were your 'trade' put them. More real than political posturing.

The clear lack of understanding relates to you thinking a few politicians liking socialism does more to embolden Putin than the people help to make him rich and maintain that status. If you think Putin would give up all the money to keep the red flag flying here with Murphy, you're deluded.

Less of the underhanded insults.

So you think what Paul Murphy says or does has emboldened Putin more than us doing business with him and funneling his oil money through our country? I respectfully disagree. Continuing to line his pockets while throwing political shapes, while ignoring his murdering and imprisoning of critics, outside of giving out a bit, hasn't marked his card has it? I would suggest he knew we were dependent on his oil and gas and figured we'd turn a blind eye like we did with Chechnya and Crimea. If he had of taken the north east regions and stopped there I doubt NATO or the UN would have blinked.

Nope, a little balance. It's the height of hypocrisy to invest in Putin's Russia and help him funnel his money while he kills any naysayers and runs a dictatorship disguised as a democracy, and then look at the like of Paul Murphy like they played a role. Ridiculous.

Putin didn't care about any previous political posturing while we were investing in Russia and minding his money.

I'm simply pointing out how we dealt with Putin has more to do with what he is than an ideology based on politics putin doesn't even follow himself. What putin did was condemned by pretty much everybody. Some differ on sanctions and the militarisation of Europe and moving to US fracking etc.

The move to try make out a few Paul Murphy types played more of a role than the money men is just not believable.

Putin is a capitalist not a socialist.

Is he invading Ukraine for the people do you think, or his own ego? The Russian people aren't even allowed discuss it.

Charles Haughey *cough*

He might break and make rules but he's more about making money than 'property is theft'. Anyway,just repeating myself. He didn't become the lovable murdering, dictator who just threatened Finland and Sweden with nukes and loves to make a few Bob by collective farming.