Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed and Minister of State Andrew Doyle are in the UK and Vietnam this week as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day diplomatic visit carried out to promote Ireland.

Minister Creed opened a new Bord Bia Insight Centre in London on Wednesday. His trip also takes in a meeting with his UK counterpart Michael Gove, a trip to the Cheltenham festival and to Twickenham for the rugby match on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Doyle is following up on his 2016 trade mission to Vietnam, with the aim of securing market access for Irish beef. He will extend an invitation to the ministry’s animal health department and veterinary services to visit Ireland for a beef inspection.