Beef back on the menu as Taoiseach does lunch with Chinese PM

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Appetite for discussion: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Chinese prime minister Li Qiang at Farmleigh House in Dublin on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images So what do you serve for lunch at Farmleigh House when Chinese premier Li Qiang comes to visit? Roast Irish Hereford beef sirloin served with smoked cheek, potato and horseradish purée, Iona farm charred celeriac, kale and black garlic jus sounds good. What are the chances this would have been on the menu if the Irish Government did not have some indication that China was about to reopen its market for Irish beef? So did...