Ireland has a long and storied connection with the Bond franchise, from James Bond landing in Shannon Airport in Ian Fleming’s 1956 novel Diamonds Are Forever, to Irishman Pierce Brosnan playing the eponymous hero from 1995 to 2002.

Newstalk's Simon Tierney joins Kieran to discuss...

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