Ahern’s cowardly stance of China

FOREIGN Minister Dermot Ahern’s refusal to take a tough stance on China’s brutal repression of Tibet is a disgrace to the Government and to Ireland.

The excuse that we have to do business with China after all the Olympics controversy has died down is pathetic even by the usual ‘cute-hoor’, have-it-every-way response to crises so typical of certain Irish politicians.

The minister cannot see any merit in boycotting the opening ceremony of the games, let alone a complete boycott of the event.