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What does the Nord Stream sabotage mean for Ireland?

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What Does the Nord Stream Sabotage Mean for Ireland, for Europe and for the World?

Nord Stream 1 and 2 are major gas connections between Russia and the EU. Last week multiple explosions were detected along the pipelines. This caused huge bubbles of gas to rise up through the Baltic Sea, which is quite dangerous for ships as well as being environmentally damaging. The conclusion has been that this was deliberate. That's what European leaders have been saying. We have Swedish intelligence but we have also received information in our contacts with Denmark - based on this concluded that this is probably a deliberate act. It is probably a matter of sabotage. Who did it? That's still very much in the air.

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