Taoiseach gets céad míle fáilte in his native Cork's twin city — Shanghai

On the 20th anniversary of the Cork-Shanghai twinning agreement, Micheál Martin met with Shanghai's mayor, who was effusive about his city's close ties with Ireland, and, in particular, Cork

Taoiseach Micheal Martin with Chinese premier Li Qiang in Bejing. Picture: Government of Ireland/PA Wire

Shanghai is not Cork and Cork is not Shanghai.

Cork does not feature 200 skyscrapers, 25 million people, and the engine room of finance for a continent, but, by the same token, Shanghai has never won an All Ireland.