Chinese premier is Farmleigh's first guest

Zhu Rongji, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, will this weekend become the first visiting foreign dignitary to be accommodated at Farmleigh, the Government-owned stately home.

Farmleigh, which once belonged to the Guinness brewing family, is set in its own 78 acres beside the Phoenix Park and cost a total of £41m to buy and renovate.