Fáilte  Welcome from Ambassador Máirtín Ó Fainín

Thank you for visiting our website. The main menu is on the left of this page but we have quicklinks on the right covering some of our most frequently asked questions.

Within this paragraph you can click on links to websites of other Irish government offices in Australia: our Consulate in Sydney,  Enterprise Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority, and  Tourism Ireland which promotes travel to the island of Ireland.

I am also the Ambassador of Ireland to Fiji and to New Zealand but web visitors from New Zealand should not overlook the website of our Honorary Consul in Auckland.

Interested in offering commercial support to Irish companies in Australia and New Zealand? Visit the NEW Connecting Ireland Website

Thank you to all the current and former participants in the Irish Working Holiday scheme for young Australians who took part in our recent online survey. We are evaluating your responses and aim to make the programme even better in future!

Read about the Global Irish Economic Forum, 18-20 September 2009

Research your Irish ancestry! The 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland are now searchable online at no cost.
Puzzling over an Irish location in your family history? Consult the Placenames Database.

Clarification (Word 25kb)  regarding recent media reports of possible changes to Irish citizenship regulations