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How Clare Daly and Mick Wallace became stars of authoritarian state media

A new Irish Times investigation shows the MEPs’ outsized profile in regime-controlled media

Mick Wallace and Clare Daly have become staples of state-controlled media in the Russian, Chinese, and Arabic language. File photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly have become staples of state-controlled media in the Russian, Chinese, and Arabic language. File photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Naomi O’Leary
Sat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00 • 14 MIN READ

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Naomi O’Leary

Naomi O’Leary

Naomi O’Leary is Europe Correspondent of The Irish Times