Russian news giant to open hub in Dublin

The Russian news organisation RT, originally known as Russia Today, will open a digital hub in Dublin tomorrow.

The hub, a first for RT, which is owned by the Russian state, will create news content for its website.

The content will vary from light news stories to breaking international news.

Nine journalists have been hired to work for RT’s digital hub, including Joe Zefran, former online news editor of RTE.ie. It will be ...