In fairness Ziem, it wasn't in Paris, it was in north east France, but yes, they thought that the whole of Ireland was part of the UK.
too small
That's why we'll have to bring all our powers of persuasion to bear. Our problem is that although we're quite active EU members, we're 'best friends' with the UK and we haven't really bothered to cosy up to the other states.
Do you know that when the Polish minister for something visited Ireland last year, that was the first such occasion in nine years - and with the huge Polish community in Ireland, that's just not good enough. Ditto this visit by the Italians, first in twenty years. Over half our beef exports go to the UK, where's the Irish beef in Polish supermarkets? Or Irish lamb? Why don't we see some of the huge range of Polish beers sold in Irish supermarkets? (I mean they're
not currently being sold, why not?)As a nation, we're not big vodka drinkers but we love a pint, why not a Polish pint? Very lame behaviour on behalf of both Irish and Polish governments in that respect.