Ireland cannot allow beef and butter sales to come before human rights in China

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It will be interesting to see what anyone says about the Uyghur people to Chinese premier Li Qiang while he is in Ireland this week. Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The visit of Chinese premier Li Qiang to Ireland this week once again raises the question of whether our Government’s commitment to putting human rights at the heart of our national and foreign policy is more than just empty words, or if selling beef and butter is what really matters. A 2022 United Nations report by then UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet accused the People’s Republic of China...