Shipments to Russian smelters from Aughinish Alumina have increased sharply since the invasion of Ukraine

The records also appear to misalign with previous reassurance from the Irish government. In 2022, Ireland’s then public expenditure minister of state, Patrick O’Donovan, told the country’s parliament that the plant “is not in any way connected to a war machine”.

Having been presented with findings from the new data, Aughinish representatives did not comment when asked by the Guardian and the OCCRP how the facility ensured products had not contributed to Russian assaults on Ukraine. O’Donovan did not comment.