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By PATSY McARDLE SHOCKING corruption involving some individuals associated with the British American Tobacco company (BAT) across Europe was alleged in a BBC-1 ‘Panorama’ investigation on Monday night last, but many viewers in Co. Monaghan may not have realised the key ‘whistleblower’ figure in the probe was a young Castleblayney man, Paul Hopkins, who has served with distinction as a sergeant with the elite Irish Army Ranger wing, as well as in a private capacity in the security industry. which has brought him many operations worldwide. Mr. Hopkins, from The Crescent in ...