List of diplomatic missions of Ireland

Countries with Irish diplomatic missions

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

Honorary consulates and the missions of IDA Ireland, Ireland's investment and trade promotion agency, are ommitted from this listing.

Current missions[]

Africa[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	show Countries: Lebanon Syria	^[1]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	show Countries: Djibouti South Sudan show International Organizations: African Union Intergovernmental Authority on Development	^[2]
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	show Countries: Eritrea Somalia Sudan show International Organizations: United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	^[2]^[3]
Liberia^{[note 1]}	Monrovia	Embassy		^[2]^[4]
Malawi	Lilongwe	Embassy		^[2]
Mozambique	Maputo	Embassy	show Countries: Eswatini Madagascar	^[2]
Nigeria	Abuja	Embassy	show Countries: Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Ivory Coast Gambia Ghana Niger Senegal Togo show International Organizations: Economic Community of West African States^{[note 2]}	^[2]
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Embassy	show Countries: Guinea	^[2]
South Africa	Pretoria	Embassy	show Countries: Botswana Lesotho Mauritius Zimbabwe show International Organizations: Southern African Development Community^{[note 3]}	^[2]^[5]
South Africa	Cape Town	Liaison office		^[2]^[5]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	show Countries: Burundi Comoros Congo-Kinshasa Seychelles	^[2]
Uganda	Kampala	Embassy	show Countries: Rwanda	^[2]
Zambia	Lusaka	Embassy	show Countries: Namibia	^[2]

Americas[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	show Countries: Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay	^[6]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy	show Countries: Guyana Suriname	^[6]
Brazil	São Paulo	Consulate General	show Countries: Guyana Suriname	^[6]
Canada	Ottawa	Embassy	show Countries: Bahamas Jamaica	^[7]^[8]
Canada	Vancouver	Consulate General	show Countries: Bahamas Jamaica	^[7]
Chile	Santiago	Embassy	show Countries: Ecuador Peru	^[6]
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	show Countries: Panama Venezuela	^[7]^[6]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	show Countries: Belize Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua	^[7]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	show Countries: Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Grenada Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines show International Organizations: Organization of American States^{[note 4]}	^[7]^[9]
	Atlanta	Consulate General		^[7]
	Austin	Consulate General		^[7]
	Boston	Consulate General		^[7]
	Chicago	Consulate General		^[7]
	Los Angeles	Consulate General		^[7]
	New York City	Consulate General		^[7]
	San Francisco	Consulate General		^[7]

Asia[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
China	Beijing	Embassy	show Countries: Mongolia	^[10]
	Hong Kong	Consulate General		^[10]
	Shanghai	Consulate General		^[10]^[11]
India	New Delhi	Embassy	show Countries: Bangladesh Maldives Nepal Sri Lanka	^[10]
India	Mumbai	Consulate General	show Countries: Bangladesh Maldives Nepal Sri Lanka	^[10]^[12]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	show International Organizations: Association of Southeast Asian Nations^{[note 5]}	^[10]^[13]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy		^[1]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		^[10]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	show Countries: Iraq	^[1]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy		^[1]
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative office		^[1]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	show Countries: Bahrain Oman Yemen	^[1]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy	show Countries: Brunei East Timor Philippines	^[10]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	show Countries: North Korea	^[10]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	show Countries: Myanmar	^[10]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	show Countries: Azerbaijan Iran Pakistan	^[10]^[14]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	show Countries: Afghanistan Kuwait Qatar	^[10]^[1]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	show Countries: Cambodia Laos	^[10]

Europe[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	show International Organizations: United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency UNIDO UNODC	^[14]^[15]^[16]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy		^[14]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	show Countries: Armenia Georgia	^[14]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy		^[14]
Cyprus	Nicosia	Embassy		^[14]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy		^[14]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy		^[14]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy		^[14]
France	Paris	Embassy	show Countries: Monaco	^[14]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy		^[14]
Germany	Frankfurt	Consulate General		^[14]^[17]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	show Countries: Albania Serbia	^[14]
Holy See^{[note 6]}	Rome	Embassy		^[14]^[18]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	show Countries: Kosovo Montenegro	^[14]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	show Countries: Libya San Marino show International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme	^[14]^[1]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy		^[14]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	show Countries: Belarus	^[14]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy		^[14]
Malta	Valletta	Embassy		^[14]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	show International Organizations: OPCW	^[14]^[19]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	show Countries: Iceland	^[14]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		^[14]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	show Countries: Angola Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau Morocco	^[14]^[1]^[2]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	show Countries: Moldova North Macedonia	^[14]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	show Countries: Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	^[14]
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy		^[14]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy	show Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina	^[14]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	show Countries: Andorra Tunisia	^[14]^[1]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy		^[14]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	show Countries: Algeria Liechtenstein	^[14]^[1]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy		^[14]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy		^[14]
	Cardiff	Consulate General		^[14]
	Edinburgh	Consulate General		^[14]
	Manchester	Consulate General		^[14]^[20]

Oceania[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	Embassy	show Countries: Fiji Nauru Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands	^[10]^[21]
Australia	Sydney	Consulate General		^[10]
New Zealand	Wellington	Embassy	show Countries: Samoa	^[10]^[22]

Multilateral organisations[]

Organization	Host city	Host country	Type of mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	Permanent Mission		^[23]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation		^[23]
OECD	Paris	France	Permanent Representation	show International Organizations: UNESCO	^[23]
OSCE	Vienna	Austria	Permanent Mission		^[23]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		^[23]
United Nations	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	show International Organizations: World Health Organization World Trade Organization	^[23]

Gallery[]

Building hosting the embassy in Athens
Embassy in Beijing
Embassy in Berlin
Embassy in Canberra
Embassy in Copenhagen
Building hosting the embassy in Helsinki
Embassy in Lisbon
Embassy in Ljubljana
Embassy in London
Embassy in Madrid
Embassy in Moscow
Embassy in Oslo
Embassy in Paris
Embassy in Prague
Embassy in Riga
Embassy in Rome
Embassy in Sofia
Embassy in Tokyo
Embassy in Vilnius
Embassy in Warsaw
Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Building hosting the embassy in Zagreb

Closed missions[]

Africa[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Lesotho	Maseru	Embassy	2014	^[24]^[25]

Asia[]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
East Timor	Dili	Representative office	2011	^[26]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	2012	^[26]^[27]

Future Missions[]

In July 2021, Minister for Foreign affairs Simon Coveney announced the creation of four new missions.^[28]

An embassy in Dakar, Senegal
A consulate general in Lyon, France.
A consulate general in Miami, USA.
A consulate general in Toronto, Canada.

As of August 2021, it is unclear when said missions will begin operating.

Notes[]

^ Although Ireland has a embassy in Monrovia, it is the resident ambassador in Sierra Leone that is accredited to Liberia. The embassy in Monrovia is led by a Chargé d'affaires.
^ Accredited as an observer mission.
^ Accredited as an observer mission.
^ Accredited as an observer mission.
^ Accredited as an observer mission.
^ The Irish Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory, in Rome.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Diplomatic and Consular Information for the Middle East and North Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Sub-Saharan Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/30159/CPR%20directorynew.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
^ "Embassy of Ireland, Liberia". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Embassy of Ireland, South Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Diplomatic and Consular Information for South America". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Diplomatic and Consular Information for North & Central America". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Diplomatic and Consular Information for the Caribbean". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". August 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Asia and Oceania". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Consulate General of Ireland, Shanghai". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Consulate General of Ireland, Mumbai". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ https://asean.org/ambassador-ireland-asean-presents-credentials/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Europe". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Embassy of Ireland, Austria". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Permanent Missions to the United Nations (Vienna)".
^ "Consulate General of Ireland, Frankfurt". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Embassy of Ireland, Holy See". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Ireland".
^ "Consulate General of Ireland, Manchester". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ http://naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/president-receives-ireland-ambassador-designate-%C3%B3-caolla%C3%AD.aspx
^ "First Irish Ambassador welcomed by Head of State".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "International organisations". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Foxe, Ken. "No place like Rome: €64,000 a year home for ambassador".
^ "Downloads - Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Ireland".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Irish embassy to the Vatican to be closed". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Ireland set to reopen embassy in Iran by 2023". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Stories - Government agrees initiatives to further enhance Ireland's global influence - this is Ireland". ireland.ie. Retrieved 2021-07-30.

External links[]

Department of Foreign Affairs

[4] Although Ireland has a embassy in Monrovia, it is the resident ambassador in Sierra Leone that is accredited to Liberia. The embassy in Monrovia is led by a Chargé d'affaires.

[6] Accredited as an observer mission.

[7] Accredited as an observer mission.

[12] Accredited as an observer mission.

[17] Accredited as an observer mission.

[23] The Irish Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory, in Rome.

[Middle_East_&_North_Africa-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Diplomatic and Consular Information for the Middle East and North Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Sub-Saharan_Africa-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Sub-Saharan Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[3] ttps://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/30159/CPR%20directorynew.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

[Liberia-5] "Embassy of Ireland, Liberia". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[South_Africa-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Embassy of Ireland, South Africa". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[South_America-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Diplomatic and Consular Information for South America". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[North_&_Central_America-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Diplomatic and Consular Information for North & Central America". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Caribbean-11] "Diplomatic and Consular Information for the Caribbean". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[13] "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". August 2009.

[Asia_&_Oceania-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Asia and Oceania". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Shanghai-15] "Consulate General of Ireland, Shanghai". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Mumbai-16] "Consulate General of Ireland, Mumbai". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[18] ttps://asean.org/ambassador-ireland-asean-presents-credentials/

[Europe-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj "Diplomatic and Consular Information for Europe". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Austria-20] "Embassy of Ireland, Austria". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[21] "Permanent Missions to the United Nations (Vienna)".

[Frankfurt-22] "Consulate General of Ireland, Frankfurt". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Holy_See-24] "Embassy of Ireland, Holy See". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[25] "Ireland".

[Manchester-26] "Consulate General of Ireland, Manchester". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[27] ttp://naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/president-receives-ireland-ambassador-designate-%C3%B3-caolla%C3%AD.aspx

[28] "First Irish Ambassador welcomed by Head of State".

[International_organisations-29] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "International organisations". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[30] Foxe, Ken. "No place like Rome: €64,000 a year home for ambassador".

[31] "Downloads - Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Ireland".

[Embassy_Vatican_Closed-32] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Irish embassy to the Vatican to be closed". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[Embassy_in_Iran_Reopen_in_2023-33] "Ireland set to reopen embassy in Iran by 2023". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[34] "Stories - Government agrees initiatives to further enhance Ireland's global influence - this is Ireland". ireland.ie. Retrieved 2021-07-30.

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Contents

Current missions[]

Africa[]

Americas[]

Asia[]

Europe[]

Oceania[]

Multilateral organisations[]

Gallery[]

Closed missions[]

Africa[]

Asia[]

Future Missions[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]