Mr. Eamon Ryan T.D., Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, meeting in Delhi on 17th March 2010. Also present were Ambassador Thompson and Dr. Ramasami, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology.  

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, with former Indian President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and members of the Ireland India Business Association during Dr. Kalam's visit to Dublin, June 11 2009.

Please click below on the link for Ireland in Brief in Hindi translated from English.

Ireland in Brief, Hindi version (PDF 1104kb)

IRISH EDUCATION FAIRS, 2009

The Irish Education Fairs in India saw participation from prestigious Higher Education Institutes from Ireland in April 2009. They were held in New Delhi and Hyderabad on the 19th and 21st April.  At each fair venue, information was available on Education in Ireland and student visa procedures. Representatives from the various universities and institutes were present to meet students first hand and provide information on the institutes, courses, admission criteria, costs etc.

For more information please click here (PDF 1895kb) or contact:

Shikha Mohanty
Embassy of Ireland
230 Jorbagh
New Delhi  110003
Tel: +91-11-24626733
Email: educationireland@yahoo.co.in

The School in the Park

H. E. Mr. Kenneth Thompson attended the centenary celebrations of the Sacred Heart School in Chennai. He also attended the launch of the book, 'The School in the Park', produced by the alumni.

For the full text of the articles, please click on The Hindu (File 116kb)  and The Times of India (PDF 79kb) .   

Higher Education Institutes from Ireland participated in the well-received European Higher Education Fair in New Delhi in November 2008. At the fair, Visa Officers provided information on the various aspects of a visa application, apart from representation from prominent universities, institutes of technology, state-aided colleges and independent colleges.

At the Education Fair, representatives from the above universities and institutes were available to meet with students for first-hand information on the institutes, courses, admission criteria, costs etc.

For further information please click on the link for the website of the European Higher Education Fair

Minister of State for Labour Affairs at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Mr Billy Kelleher, TD, at Palna Orphanage in Delhi on 5^th April 2008.  Irish Aid has provided support to Palna Orphanage.  Minister Kelleher led an Irish Education Mission to India in April 2008.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Éamon Ó Cuív addresses the guests at the Embassy’s St Patrick’s Day reception on 17^th March 2008.  Also on the podium is Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Mr Anand Sharma, and Ambassador Kieran Dowling.

Mr Brendan Howlin, TD, Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Deputy Speaker of Ireland’s Parliament) lighting a traditional lamp to inaugurate a “Child Rights Mela” (expo) organised by Chetanalaya, a NGO based in Delhi, which is supported by Irish Aid.  Also pictured are Senator Denis O’Donovan, Chairman of the Irish Parliament’s Joint Committee on the Constitution and Mr Denis Naughten, TD.  The three parliamentarians visited India as members of the Joint Committee on the Constitution in March 2008.

The Embassy’s Ireland in Focus 2008 edition was launched on St Patrick’s Day.  Please click the document below to read Ireland in Focus (PDF 23kb).