China
Frank O’Donoghue, the First Secretary, suggested, “Why not have the Gerry Ryan Show call you from Ireland here at the embassy? We’ll fax
that you’ve arrived in Beijing and are here at the embassy. Come back this evening, when it’ll be morning in Ireland”.
(I wasn’t anyone special, let alone Irish, so I felt a bit
reluctant for things to go this far.) (from "Against the Wind" - Poolbeg Press)
