The likely Fine Gael candidate at the Dublin Bay South by-election worked as a tobacco lobbyist before qualifying as a barrister. James Geoghegan served clients including the firm behind Marlboro cigarettes while working for Transatlantic Public Affairs between 2009 and 2013. SponsoredHis clients included Philip Morris, the Swiss-American corporation that produces Benson and Hedges and Marlboro cigarettes. “They were a client in the firm,” Geoghegan told The Times. I was in my mid-twenties, so yes I did work for all the clients that were a part

Source: The Times May 09, 2021 23:03 UTC