Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and three ministers are visiting South Korea as part of a trade mission to strengthen relations with less-visited countries. The mission aims to promote trade and education links between Ireland and South Korea.
The Taoiseach and three ministers are taking part in a trade mission to South Korea that forms part of a “big bang” strategy to improve Irish relations with less-visited countries.
The programme of events for Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney, Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris begins on Wednesday. “I suppose it’s to have a big bang approach, to go to a country that maybe we wouldn’t visit so often say that Ireland wants to upgrade our relations with Korea – or wherever it is next year.
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