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Ryanair has announced the opening of its 5th base in Portugal directly connecting the beautiful island of Madeira with 6 new European countries, including Ireland. This new direct route will operate twice weekly departing from Dublin Airport every Wednesday and Sunday starting from March 30th of next year. With a flight duration of just 3…
His Excellency, Mr. Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India, His Excellency, Mr. Magnus Rydén, Ambassador of Sweden and Her Excellency, Ms. Florence Ensch, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg presented their Letters of Credence to President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin today. H.E. Mr. Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India, was accompanied by his…
Earlier this week, the Ethiopian government informed Ireland’s Embassy in Addis Ababa that four of the six Irish diplomats serving at the Embassy must leave the country within one week. Our Ambassador and one other diplomat have been permitted to stay. The Ethiopian authorities indicated that the decision to scale-down the size of our…
On the fifth anniversary of the Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP, I wish to congratulate all the parties involved, and especially the people of Colombia. Their remarkable achievements in laying the foundations for a deep societal change, and placing victims and survivors at the centre of the conflict-resolution…
The Minister for Defence, Mr Simon Coveney, T.D. today announced the latest release of material from the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection (MSPC) online. This latest release of records is the eleventh release of material under the MSPC Project and it comprises of over 3,800 files representing records relating to over 1,400 individuals. Release 11…
It was great to see HE Dr. Jilan Abdalmajid, the Palestinian Ambassador of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Ireland visiting Cork recently. Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Tony Fitzgerald and Chief Executive Ann Doherty of Cork City Council received the Ambassador in Cork City Hall
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., announced funding of almost €2 million by Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2022. The funding is to support Irish artists, arts organisations and Irish cultural centres abroad to present events covering architecture, dance, film, literature, music, theatre…
RTE broadcaster Rick O’Shea will launch All Strangers Here: 100 Years of Personal Writing from the Irish Foreign Service. This new book explores the relationships between diplomacy, creativity, and language across poetry and prose authored by Irish diplomats and their families since 1919. Published by Arlen House, and edited by Angela Byrne, Helena Nolan and…
The Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D., today pledged €2 million in additional support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at an international Ministerial Conference. Speaking virtually at the conference, Minister Brophy said: “Ireland is a longstanding friend of UNRWA. A friendship…