Green's O'Leary: Scrap Cork-Shanghai twinning

A Green Party spokesperson Chris O'Leary has called on Cork City's elected representatives to withdraw the city's twinning with Shanghai following further reports of human rights violations.

A Green Party spokesperson Chris O'Leary has called on Cork City's elected representatives to withdraw the city's twinning with Shanghai following further reports of human rights violations.

Cllr O'Leary said: "I have been calling on Cork City Council to stand up to its responsibility and pull out of the twinning with Shanghai for many years due to the Chinese regime's abhorrent abuse of human rights.

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