Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, DUBLIN
EmbassyIreland · AMBASSADOR: Shri Akhilesh Mishra
10 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s embassy in Ireland records bilateral trade of $6.00bn, a reported community of 83,000, 6 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 46%. Led by Shri Akhilesh Mishra, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$6.00bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Ireland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “COMMERCIAL” section
“India’s total trade in goods with Ireland for April 2024-March 2025 is US$ 5998.80 Mn, India’s export to Ireland stood at US$ 864.65 and imports from Ireland at US$ 5134.15 Mn (Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence83,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Ireland"
“PIOs 38,000 + NRIs 45,000 = 83,000”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence6
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 21 March 2018)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELAND ON AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF DIPLOMATIC,CONSULAR,TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS TO ENGAGE IN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT — 21 March 2018”
Published: 21 March 2018 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
46%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Ireland”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to IrelandUS dollars · as stated in the brief$864.6m
Bilateral Brief — Ireland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “COMMERCIAL” section
“India’s total trade in goods with Ireland for April 2024-March 2025 is US$ 5998.80 Mn, India’s export to Ireland stood at US$ 864.65 and imports from Ireland at US$ 5134.15 Mn (Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from IrelandUS dollars · as stated in the brief$5.13bn
Bilateral Brief — Ireland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “COMMERCIAL” section
“India’s total trade in goods with Ireland for April 2024-March 2025 is US$ 5998.80 Mn, India’s export to Ireland stood at US$ 864.65 and imports from Ireland at US$ 5134.15 Mn (Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$4.27bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Irelandpersons · as stated in the brief80,000
Bilateral Brief — Ireland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “SOCIO CULTURAL” section
“There are approx. 80,000 Indian origin persons in Ireland, of whom approx. 33,898 are PIOs and approx. 40,000 are NRIs, along with approx. 13,000 Indian students.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Ireland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “POLITICAL” section
“Attorney General of Ireland, Mr. Rossa Fanning, visited India in Mar 2026 for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (6)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, IRELANDAid and Cooperation07 March 2025
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELAND ON AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF DIPLOMATIC,CONSULAR,TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS TO ENGAGE IN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENTDiplomatic Relations21 March 2018
- AGREEMENT ON SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELANDScience and Technology19 January 2006
- CULTURAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELANDCultural Relations and Sport19 January 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELAND ON CULTURAL COOPERATIONCultural Relations and Sport19 January 2006
- AGREEMENT ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND IRELANDScience and Technology19 January 2006
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 15 sections, 17,466 characters of extractable text. Sections include: POLITICAL: · VVIP Visits: · EAM Visit: · Ministerial/Official Visits: · Ireland to India: · India to Ireland:.
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