Daniel McConnell: Taoiseach's visit to Germany offers reminder of horrors of war

Before he left Berlin on Tuesday, Micheál Martin visited the memorial for murdered Jews in the centre of Berlin and paid tribute to the 6m people murdered by the Nazis — an apt reminder of what horrors the powerful can inflict on the weak

German chancellor Olaf Scholz  greets Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he arrives for talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday. Picture: John MacDougall /AFP via Getty Images

Foreign trips are the sweetest part of the job for Irish leaders.

Police escorts, pomp and ceremony, and the drudgery of the Dáil are all far, far away.