List of diplomatic missions of Ireland

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Countries with Irish diplomatic missions

Ireland has diplomatic relations with 161 other governments. Ireland has numerous embassies and consulates abroad.

Contents

Honorary consulates and the overseas offices of Irish state agencies, namely Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and Tourism Ireland, are omitted from this listing.

Current missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo Embassy1975
Countries:
[1] [2]
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy1994
Countries:
[1] [3]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi Embassy1979 [lower-alpha 1]
Countries:
[1] [4] [5]
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Monrovia Embassy2018 [1] [6]
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Lilongwe Embassy2007 [1] [7]
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Rabat Embassy2021
Countries:
[1] [8]
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Maputo Embassy1996
Countries:
[1] [9] [10]
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja Embassy1961 [lower-alpha 2] [1] [11]
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar Embassy2023
Countries:
[12] [10]
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Freetown Embassy2014
Countries:
[1] [13]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Pretoria Embassy1994
Countries:
[1] [14]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy1979
Countries:
[1] [15]
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Kampala Embassy1994
Countries:
[1] [16]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Lusaka Embassy1980
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1] [17]

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy1947
Countries:
[1] [18] [10]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Brasília Embassy2001
Countries:
[1] [19]
São Paulo Consulate-General2014 [1] [20]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ottawa Embassy 1950
Countries:
[1] [21]
Toronto Consulate-General2022 [22]
Vancouver Consulate-General2018 [23]
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Santiago Embassy2019
Countries:
[1] [24]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá Embassy2018
Countries:
[1] [25]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexico City Embassy1998
Countries:
[1] [26]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. Embassy 1924
International Organizations:
[1] [27]
Atlanta Consulate-General2011 [28]
Austin Consulate-General2014 [29]
Boston Consulate-General1929 [30]
Chicago Consulate-General1933 [31]
Los Angeles Consulate-General2019 [32]
Miami Consulate-General2022 [33]
New York City Consulate-General1930 [34]
San Francisco Consulate-General1933 [35]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing Embassy1979
Countries:
[1] [36]
Hong Kong Consulate-General2014 [1] [37]
Shanghai Consulate-General2000 [1] [38]
Flag of India.svg  India New Delhi Embassy1964
Countries:
[1] [39]
Mumbai Consulate-General2019 [40]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta Embassy2014
Countries:
[1] [41] [42]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Tel Aviv Embassy1996 [1] [43]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Embassy1973 [1] [44]
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Amman Embassy2019
Countries:
[1] [45] [10]
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy1995 [1] [46]
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Ramallah Representative office2000 [1] [47]
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Manila Embassy2021
Countries:
[1] [48]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy1976
Countries:
[1] [49] [10]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore Embassy2000
Countries:
[1] [50] [10]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Seoul Embassy1989
Countries:
[1] [51] [10]
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok Embassy2014
Countries:
[1] [52]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ankara Embassy1998
Countries:
[1] [53]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy2009
Countries:
[1] [54] [10]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Hanoi Embassy2005
Countries:
[1] [55]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna Embassy1974 [1] [56] [57]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Brussels Embassy1950 [1]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Sofia Embassy2005
Countries:
[1] [58]
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Zagreb Embassy2014 [1] [59]
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Nicosia Embassy2001 [1] [60]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Prague Embassy1995 [1] [61]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen Embassy1962 [1] [62]
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Tallinn Embassy2001 [1] [63]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki Embassy1993 [1] [64]
Flag of France.svg  France Paris Embassy 1929
Countries:
[1] [65]
Lyon Consulate-General2022 [1] [66]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin Embassy 1929 [lower-alpha 7] [1] [67]
Frankfurt Consulate General2019 [1] [68]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Athens Embassy1977
Countries:
[1] [69]
Flag of the Vatican City - 2001 version.svg  Holy See [lower-alpha 8] Rome Embassy1929 [lower-alpha 9] [1] [70]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Budapest Embassy1995
Countries:
[1] [71]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome Embassy1938
Countries:
[1] [72]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga Embassy2005 [1] [73]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vilnius Embassy2005
Countries:
[1] [74]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Luxembourg City Embassy1973 [1] [75]
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Valletta Embassy2005 [1] [76]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The Hague Embassy1950 [1] [77] [78]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo Embassy2001
Countries:
[1] [79]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw Embassy1990 [1] [80]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lisbon Embassy1942
Countries:
[1] [81]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest Embassy2005
Countries:
[1] [82]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow Embassy1974 [1] [83]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Bratislava Embassy2001 [1] [84]
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy2001 [1] [85] [10]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid Embassy1935
Countries:
[1] [86]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm Embassy1946 [1] [87]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Bern Embassy1940
Countries:
[1] [88]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv Embassy2020 [1] [89]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London Embassy 1923 [1] [90]
Cardiff Consulate-General2019 [1]
Edinburgh Consulate-General1998 [1]
Manchester Consulate-General2021 [1]

Oceania

Host countryHost cityMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Canberra Embassy1946 [1] [91] [92]
Sydney Consulate-General2000 [93]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wellington Embassy2018
Countries:
[1] [94] [95] [10]

Multilateral organisations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionYear OpenedConcurrent accreditationRef.
Flag of the Council of Europe.svg  Council of Europe Strasbourg France Permanent Mission [1] [96]
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation1999 [1] [97]
OECD logo.svg OECD Paris France Permanent Representation
International Organizations:
[1]
OSCE flag.svg OSCE Vienna Austria Permanent Mission1993 [1] [98]
Flag of the United Nations.svg  United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission1956 [1] [99]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission1965 [1] [100]

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closedRef.
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Maseru Embassy2014 [101] [102]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town Liaison officeUnknown [103]
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Khartoum Embassy2003

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closedRef.
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor Dili Representative office2011 [104]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Representative office2012 [105]
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran Embassy2012 [104] [106]
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq Baghdad Embassy1990 [107]
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut Embassy1977

Europe

Host countryHost cityMission typeYear closed
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Hamburg Consulate-General1982

Missions to open

In September 2022, Minister for Foreign affairs Simon Coveney announced the creation the last 8 missions out of 26 in Global Ireland 2025 [108] In March 2024 Irish foreign minister want to open 5 more missions. [109]

Embassies announced in 2003

Embassies announced in 2019

Embassies announced in 2020

Embassies announced in 2021

Embassies announced in 2022

Embassies announced in 2024

See also

Notes

  1. Closed in 1989. Reopened in 2015.
  2. was moved from Lagos to Abuja in 1992
  3. Accredited as an observer mission
  4. Accredited as an observer mission.
  5. Accredited as an observer mission.
  6. Accredited as an observer mission.
  7. Closed in 1945; reopened in 1951 in Bonn; removed to Berlin in 2000
  8. The Irish Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory, in Rome.
  9. Closed in 2011 reopened in 2014

References

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