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Read: 'The Global Island: Ireland's Foreign Policy for A Changing World' (Jan 2015) to learn how we work to promote and protect Irish interests and values on the international stage.
Read: our to see how this links with our work at the Ireland in the EU and the trade role of our missions.
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Learn about the Export Trade Council and the work of our Embassies in encouraging trade, tourism and investment
Our aid programme works to address poverty and hunger in some of the world’s poorest countries
Ireland plays a central role in the European Union and held the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2013
We are committed to advancing peace, reconciliation and cooperation on this island, with the Good Friday Agreement as the cornerstone of this work
With 70 million people claiming Irish heritage around the world, engaging with our diaspora is central to our work
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