Bertie’s little red book bridges gap between Mao and Mussolini

MARY HARNEY often ponders whether Ireland is closer to Boston or Berlin, but Bertie Ahern is now looking to Beijing.

In the wake of Fianna Fáil’s disastrous election performance, the Taoiseach yesterday dispatched a delegation of his party’s finest to China.

Led by Government Chief Whip, Mao-ry Hanafin, the Fianna Fáil group is visiting at the invitation of the CPC - the Communist Party of China.