Heightening tensions between Taiwan and China pose risk to Ireland and Hilary Fannin’s changing Dublin
. It was wrong to post it on the Áras website as it would have been for her husband to do so. . . .“Does Sabina Higgins really forget that the western democracies attempted to deploy peaceful economic sanctions as a deterrent against the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine as far back as 2014? Those sanctions failed. Those western states didn’t receive a supportive letter from her to The Irish Times. And that brings us to the nub of the issue.
Nanci Peloi’s visit to Taiwan this week saw tensions escalate enormously between Taiwan and China. This weekend saw China’s military press ahead with its largest military drills, targeting Taiwan with what the island’s government called a simulated attack, including further incursions over the median line and drone flights over Taiwan’s outlying islands. Andas we are one of the few countries in the world that runs a trade surplus with China, writes David McWilliams.
Across the pond, the race for the Tory leadership continues, and when it comes to the immediate future of Anglo-Irish relations, Diarmaid Ferriter isn’t optimistic about the next likely prime minister of Britain. Liz Truss, much like the “outgoing catastrophe” that was Boris Johnson, “has not demonstrated any interest in or understanding of Ireland”,.
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