It’s exactly 50 years since Ireland voted overwhelmingly to join what was then the EEC and is now the EU. Back then Ireland’s main trading partner was Britain by a country mile. 50 years later and one of its main trading partners is Germany. Joe was joined on the show this morning by German Ambassador to Ireland Cord Meier-Klodt.

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