China's beef with Ireland

Tà¡naiste Micheà¡l Martin meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Mr Martin has described as disappointing the suspension of Irish beef exports to China following the discovery of an atypical case of BSE. Photograph: Phil Behan/DFA Gaza continues to roil our politics. But last night a story broke to knock it off the front page, for a day at least, when beef exports to China were suspended after a case of "atypical" BSE was recorded in Ireland. Under an agreement between the two countries, exports - which were only resumed in January of this year - can be suspended immediately if…