The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, has welcomed the awarding by President Michael D. Higgins of the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for 2023 to thirteen members of Ireland’s diaspora. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin on Tuesday, 16 January 2024. This year, the…
The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today begins a five-day visit to Mexico and Colombia. While in Mexico, the Tánaiste is meeting Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena to discuss relations between our two countries and a number of global issues, as well as meeting other political figures. He will…
The Tánaiste, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today announced a further €2.2 million in funding for the London Irish Centre’s (LIC) redevelopment project. The Tánaiste met with Rosaleen Blair, Chair of the Board of Trustees and Séamus MacCormaic, CEO of the London Irish Centre, at the Embassy of Ireland…
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has today published the Annual Report of the Private Security Authority along with the Financial Statements for 2022. The Private Security Authority (PSA) is the statutory body with responsibility for licensing and regulating the private security industry in Ireland. The PSA was established following the passing of the Private Security…
Tánaiste and Ambassador Sarah McGrath launch Ireland’s updated Asia Pacific strategy Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin, TD has launched Ireland’s updated strategy “Global Ireland: Delivering in the Asia Pacific Region to 2025”. In his keynote address at the Global Ireland Summit, the Tánaiste said: “This region includes important…
The Turkish War of Independence started when Atatürk arrived in the Black Sea port city of Samsun in 1919. Following Anatolia’s liberation from occupation the new Turkish state was recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. On the 29th of October 1923, Atatürk officially declared the country’s status as a republic. Türkiye this year…
During his visit to Cork to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Joining the Dots, British Ambassador to Ireland, Paul Johnston, announced the British Embassy’s new Honorary Consul for the South West of Ireland, Katherine Fitzpatrick, alongside the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy and Ann Doherty, CEO of Cork City Council, at Cork City…
The Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Seán Fleming TD, met today with the Irish community in Britain at the annual Emigrant Support Programme reception in the Irish Embassy in London. Minister Fleming said: “I am very pleased to announce £6.23 million in funding for British-based organisations from the Irish Government’s Emigrant Support Programme…
The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, presented to Government the report of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy this morning. The report, prepared by the Chair of the Forum, Louise Richardson DBE, provides a summary and analysis of the four days of discussions and over 800 submissions to the…
Meeting of the League of Arab States (11.10.2023) In an extraordinary ministerial session of the Arab League, convened under the leadership of the Kingdom of Morocco and at the invitation of it and the State of Palestine, foreign ministers discussed and formulated a series of decisions regarding the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.…