Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is facing fresh controversy over the Katherine Zappone Merriongate affair.

It’s after he admitted deleting crucial text messages - blaming storage issues and fears of being hacked.

It’s after he has faced continuing questions over Merriongate, and whether he was lobbied by former Minister Katherine Zappone for a UN special envoy job.

Paul Murphy is People Before Profit TD for Dublin West and he joined Kieran to discuss...

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