As I said - immaterial - the "business links" says it all, especially since the death of the Celtic Tiger.
You have been given Ireland's official position on Israel - wherever tweakings are taking place to keep the trade flowing, Ireland's support for the Palestinian people remains unaltered.
It doesn't matter anyway - as I have shown, "friendly relations" and political mouthings do not alter one iota the human rights records of any country - or were Gaddafi, the present Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa,s Bahrain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's and Makarezos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile all misjudged souls because of their "friendly relations" with the west.
And what about 'China, me old China' - hotbed of democracy or what?
Did you know that with Syria's 20 year record of torturing and disappearing its opponents, Syria's present leader, Assad, was in line for an honourary British knighthood - gawd bless 'is democratic socks!
Pratt!
Jim Carroll