Diary
British ambassador’s diary: ‘Spat’ between London and Dublin to saying farewell to Dobbo
An eventful week which saw me sitting beside my fellow Business Post diarist Paschal Donohoe at Croke Park for thrilling Leinster-Northampton match
Wednesday
What some in the media like to describe as a “spat” between Britain and Ireland over immigration/asylum continues. The job of an Ambassador in such cases – and I’ve had a few – is to keep your own head down and to seek to keep the temperature down, too. To that end, breakfast with a cabinet Minister, then calls to officials in London and Dublin.
There is in practice a big underlying shared interest, ...
