Durga Puja is the major annual festival in Kolkata and the state of West Bengal. It pays homage (puja) to the Hindu goddess ...

2024 has been a busy year for the Embassy, as we continued to promote Ireland's interests in both Norway and Iceland. Below is a timeline of some of this year's highlights from our work. We are ...

The Embassy was delighted to welcome a panel of expert scientists to discuss the climate crisis, climate anxieties and their research into the benefits of nature, as part of our 2024 Berlin Science ...

Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid Ireland at the UN ...

Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Aid Ireland at the UN ...

Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy Christmas. We have come to the end of a busy year and I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have engaged with the ...

On 1 May 2004, Poland, along with nine other countries, joined the European Union. Ireland was President of the EU at the time, so the official ceremony – the Day of Welcomes – took place in the ...

For tens of thousands of women and girls the constant fear of violence plagues their daily lives. Every 10 minutes, a woman around the world is killed by a partner or family member. Women who suffer ...

The Embassy in Brussels will be closed from Monday 23 December to Friday 27 December (inclusive). On Monday 30 December and Tuesday 31 December, the Embassy will be operating at reduced capacity and ...

The winter solstice on 21 December marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. It is a reminder that brighter days are coming, and there is nowhere in Ireland more special to mark it than ...

The processing times below reflect the expected number of working days from date of receipt in the Embassy to date of decision. The stated times do not include the time it takes to secure a VFS ...