Politicians take tour to learn about China style of justice

FIVE members of an Oireachtas committee have travelled to China for a 10-day trip that includes visits to many of the country's tourist attraction.

Four Fianna Fáil TDs and one Fine Gael senator from the joint Justice Committee travelled to China on Friday, September 15, where they are visiting Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, and Hong Kong before returning to Ireland on Sunday.

Committee chairman Sean Ardagh is accompanied by TDs Charlie O'Connor, Denis O'Donovan and Máire Hoctor as well as by Senator Maurice Cummins from Waterford. Mr O'Donovan, the TD for Cork South-West, travelled to Argentina and Chile earlier this year with the Communications and Marine Committee, a trip that aroused much criticism.