Chinese premier visits Galway farm to inspect likely imports

Chinese premier Li Keqiang has gone west for a taste of Irish farm life.

Mr Li, accompanied by a number of Chinese government ministers, began a two-day visit to Ireland by travelling to the beef and dairy farm of Cathal and Mary Garvey at Gortbrack, Ower, Headford, on the Galway-Mayo border.

The visit was arranged to mark the lifting of the ban on Irish beef by the Chinese government earlier this year.