Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris and Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue flew to Seoul, South Korea this week for a three day trade mission.
It may be 9,000 kilometres away, but the Irish influence in Seoul was clear to see this week as the Irish government trade mission rolled into town.And it wasn’t just the pints of Guinness being sold in Irish pubs The Craic House and The Dublin Brewery.
On Friday morning, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited the Korean War Memorial to lay a wreath at a shrine commemorating the 150 Irish people who lost their lives in the war. “I hope that the experience of Ireland in recent decades can give hope to our Korean friends. Hard borders can be opened. Walls can come down. People can come together.”However, this is where the similarities stop when it comes to our borders.Walking around the buzzing and electric streets of the South Korean capital, it is difficult to imagine that there are Korean people repressed by a communist dictatorship an hour away.
A 1.7km cable car line has been set up so that “passengers can easily visit the Civilian Control Line with speed and comfort”.All of this was happening mere miles from the border with one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the world. Ministers had several wins on the three day trip. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue made progress on gaining Irish beef access to the Korean market.
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