Ireland In The EU

🇮🇪🇪🇺 Looking back at another great Europe Day at the Council of the EU! 🇮🇪🇪🇺 We welcomed a record number of visitors to our stand this year, including @eucopresident António Costa. 🔗 Read more here: ireland.ie/en/eu/brussels…

🇮🇪🇪🇺 Minister @ThomasByrneTD is in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) today. 🎥 Watch the Minister's comments before the Council meeting here: newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/2026051…

🎥 Watch Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Sport @McConalogue's remarks at today's Culture and Sport Council.

I strongly welcome the agreement today to move forward with EU sanctions against violent settlers and those enabling violence in the West Bank. 🧵

Meeting with my Croatian colleague @grlicradman to discuss the Middle East, enlargement & priorities for Ireland’s upcoming EU Presidency.🇮🇪🇭🇷 We also exchanged views on shared priorities including social cohesion, security, competitiveness & simplification across the EU agenda.

Really valuable discussion with Latvian Foreign Minister @Braze_Baiba today.🇮🇪🤝🇱🇻 We spoke about the changing security landscape in Europe, continued support for Ukraine, and how Ireland’s upcoming EU Presidency can help drive a stronger and more resilient Europe.

Really good meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis today in Brussels. 🇮🇪🤝🇬🇷 @GreeceMFA Lots to work through together ahead of Ireland’s EU Presidency - from security and competitiveness to Ukraine and enlargement. Strong partnerships matter more than ever.

Today, at the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, I will be calling for concrete EU measures against settler violence in the West Bank, including action to ban trade with illegal settlements and the suspension of the trade elements of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.🇪🇺

Ministers @1hildegarde and @lawlessj are in Brussels today attending Education and Youth Council 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🎥 Watch their joint media statement:

“The EU needs to act. We cannot continue to be bystanders” 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Minister @HMcEntee speaks ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today. Listen to the Minister’s remarks in full here: newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/2706…

Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺 Great to mark the day with Na Gaeil Nua GAA members, @GaelicGamesEuro, Michael Darragh MacAuley, and the @eurireland team. The EU, and its future, belongs to us - its people. We are the European Union. An Eoraip Abú! 🇮🇪🤝🇪🇺

Today we celebrate Europe Day. 🇪🇺 A timely opportunity for Ireland to celebrate our place in Europe and reflect on the benefits of EU membership ahead of our Presidency of the Council of the European Union commencing on 1 July 2026. 🇮🇪🤝🇪🇺 Beannachtaí Lá na hEorpa oraibh!

Since joining the EU, Ireland has achieved dramatic and sustained progress in our living standards and economy. Our wellbeing is inextricably linked to a resilient Union. Today we proudly celebrate our Europeanness alongside our Irishness. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 #EuropeDay

🎧 We asked our colleagues what they’re listening to this Europe Day. The answer? Ode to Joy by Beethoven, of course! 🇪🇺 🎶 The finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was adopted by EU leaders as the official anthem of the EU in 1985. Happy Europe Day!

🇪🇺 Last week, the Perm Rep hosted the event, "Shaping the Future: What’s next for EU Youth Policy?" 🙋‍♀️ Speakers discussed priorities for the upcoming EU Youth Strategy and how EU Youth policy can respond to emerging challenges.

A pleasure to meet again Minister @NormaFoleyTD1 We look forward to the start of the Irish Presidency and to working together on disability, inclusion and equality 🇮🇪 🤝🇪🇺

🇮🇪🇪🇺 Yesterday, Ambassador Aingeal O’Donoghue addressed the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions, giving insight into Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU and holding an exchange of views with Bureau members.

56 days to go 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 The Irish members of the @EU_CoR Bureau were delighted to welcome Ireland’s Ambassador to the EU to their meeting last night for a discussion on the upcoming Irish EU Presidency. #EUinMyRegion @SouthernAssembl @NWAssembly @EMRAssembly @IrelandInEU

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance @SimonHarrisTD had a busy two days in Brussels, attending the Eurogroup and Economic and Financial Affairs Council, and meeting with counterparts from across Member States and the EU institutions 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD is in Brussels attending meetings of the Eurogroup and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🎥 Watch the Tánaiste’s remarks ahead of the meetings