The diplomatic corps went on an outing to the Glendalough Trail Walk and 6th-century monastic site in Co Wicklow last Saturday, organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs and led by chief of protocol, Brian Nason. At the ESB power station at Turlough Hill, station manager, John Mulqueen, told them the ESB operated in more than 30 countries and it was appropriate that the visitors should see such a location in Ireland. On the trip, the Chinese ambassador, Zhang Xiaokang, said that in the 1980s, the Chinese people had thought of Ireland as the Chieftains, but since the visit to her country by the Tanaiste, Mary Harney, they associated Ireland with software.