Ireland's asylum system is "wide open" for exploitation with people able to come here with false passports or no passports at all, a former Army intelligence chief claimed yesterday.

Michael Murphy, who is the former deputy director of military intelligence of the Defence Forces, said this represents a serious risk to the State. The claim came as a report warned the Government that immigration officials here may not be able to perform proper identity checks and security screening due to the country's lack of access to key EU security databases.

Michael spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this.

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