For more than five years, Dick Roche, the former cabinet minister, has lobbied for Huawei, the controversial Chinese telecoms company that has been the subject of a US-led trade offensive.  A former Fianna Fáil TD, Roche served as Minister for the Environment and Local government and also as Minister for European Affairs. Since leaving frontline politics, he has worked as a public affairs lobbyist, primarily in Europe. Recent filings show he expects to earn up to €200,000 this year as a lobbyist for Huawei. Roche has publicly criticised the US salvo against the company. Roche offered to write a comment…

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