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	~~{{Short description\|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and Ireland}}~~
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	{{Infobox ~~Bilateral~~ relations\|Indo-Irish\|Ireland\|India\|filetype=svg\|envoy1=[[Brendan Ward (ambassador)\|Brendan Ward]]\|envoy2=[[Sandeep Kumar (ambassador)\|Sandeep Kumar]]\|mission1=[[Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi]]\|mission2=[[Embassy of India, Dublin]]\|envoytitle1=[[List of ambassadors of Ireland to India\|Irish Ambassador to India]]\|envoytitle2=[[List of ambassadors of India to Ireland\|Indian Ambassador to Ireland]]}}		{{Infobox bilateral relations\|Indo-Irish\|Ireland\|India\|filetype=svg\|envoy1=[[Brendan Ward (ambassador)\|Brendan Ward]]\|envoy2=[[Sandeep Kumar (ambassador)\|Sandeep Kumar]]\|mission1=[[Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi]]\|mission2=[[Embassy of India, Dublin]]\|envoytitle1=[[List of ambassadors of Ireland to India\|Irish Ambassador to India]]\|envoytitle2=[[List of ambassadors of India to Ireland\|Indian Ambassador to Ireland]]}}

	'''India–Ireland relations''' ({{Lang-ga\|Caidreamh India-Éire}}; {{Lang-hi\|भारत-आयरलैंड संबंध}}), also ~~knows~~ as '''Irish–Indian relations''' or '''Indo-Irish relations''', refer to the [[Bilateralism\|bilateral relations]] between [[India]] and [[Republic of Ireland\|Ireland]]. As former possessions of the [[British Empire]], the two countries had a similar fight against a common adversary and there were many ties between the respective independence movements in the two countries. Many of the provisions of the [[constitution of India]] were drawn from their Irish counterpart, the [[Constitution of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Indian Year Book of International Affairs \|date=1951 \|volume=1 \|page=157}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/\|title=The Irish Influence on the Indian Constitution: 60 Years On – Human Rights in Ireland\|website=Humanrights.ie\|access-date=11 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122192808/http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/\|archive-date=22 January 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thecircular.org/how-ireland-influenced-indian-constitution/\|title=Irish influence on Indian Constitution: What many may not know\|date=19 April 2017\|website=Thecircular.org\|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> There are also regular governmental visits. Indo-Irish relations were also strengthened by people like of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Éamon de Valera]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[W B Yeats]], [[James Joyce]], [[Sister Nivedita]] and [[Annie Besant]].		'''India–Ireland relations''' ({{Lang-ga\|Caidreamh India-Éire}}; {{Lang-hi\|भारत-आयरलैंड संबंध}}), also known as '''Irish–Indian relations''' or '''Indo-Irish relations''', refer to the [[Bilateralism\|bilateral relations]] between [[India]] and [[Republic of Ireland\|Ireland]]. As former possessions of the [[British Empire]], the two countries had a similar fight against a common adversary and there were many ties between the respective independence movements in the two countries. Many of the provisions of the [[constitution of India]] were drawn from their Irish counterpart, the [[Constitution of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Indian Year Book of International Affairs \|date=1951 \|volume=1 \|page=157}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/\|title=The Irish Influence on the Indian Constitution: 60 Years On – Human Rights in Ireland\|website=Humanrights.ie\|access-date=11 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122192808/http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/\|archive-date=22 January 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thecircular.org/how-ireland-influenced-indian-constitution/\|title=Irish influence on Indian Constitution: What many may not know\|date=19 April 2017\|website=Thecircular.org\|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> There are also regular governmental visits. Indo-Irish relations were also strengthened by people like of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Éamon de Valera]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[W B Yeats]], [[James Joyce]], [[Sister Nivedita]] and [[Annie Besant]].
			[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Irish PM Enda Kenny.jpg\|thumb\|Prime Ministers [[Narendra Modi]] and [[Enda Kenny]] at [[Government Buildings]], [[Dublin]].]]

	==Emerging relations==		==Emerging relations==
	[[File:India and Ireland (IA indiaireland00deva).pdf\|thumb\|upright\|'India and Ireland', a speech given by [[Eamonn De Valera]] in February 1920]]		[[File:India and Ireland (IA indiaireland00deva).pdf\|thumb\|upright\|'India and Ireland', a speech given by [[Eamonn De Valera]] in February 1920]]
	[[File:Embassy of India in Dublin.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Embassy of India in Dublin]]		[[File:Embassy of India in Dublin.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Embassy of India in Dublin]]
	During the struggles for freedom from colonial rule, Indian and Irish "nationalist movements were linked by a history of rebellion against British rule."<ref>{{Cite journal \| doi = 10.1086/386228\|jstor=175859\| title = "The Sinn Fein of India": Irish Nationalism and the Policing of Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal\| journal = Journal of British Studies\| volume = 39\| issue = 4\| pages = 454–486\| year = 2000\| last1 = Silvestri \| first1 = M. }}</ref> Studies have often compared to the two independence struggles.<ref>In addition to the Ireland and India, one such study (T.G. Fraser's ''Partition in Ireland, India and Palestine.) has also extended the comparison to the other great British blemish Palestine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208070532/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/orals/India_Ireland.htm India and Ireland in the Colonial World]. Columbia.edu</ref> Independence leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Éamon de Valera were said to be in touch with each other. Likewise [[Vithalbhai Patel]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] were also said to be in touch with [[Irish nationalist]] leaders. The strongest tie between the two was the link of [[Annie Besant]], from an Irish family but firm supporter of Indian [[self rule]].<ref name="officialindia">[http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Ireland_Relations.pdf India-Ireland_Relations]. Mea.gov.in</ref> In 1916 she launched the [[Home Rule League]] to model Indian independence on the Irish struggle. Both countries held economic, political, and strategically important ties to the British empire. In both cases, the independent struggles led to other movements within the British empire for independence (while even other European empires like Angola were motivated by moves such as India in defence against [[Colonial empire\|European imperialism]]). A sixteenth century proverb said "he who would win England, must with Ireland begin;" this was matched by [[Lord Curzon]]'s "As long as we rule India we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it we shall drop straight away to a third rate power." [[Lord Salisbury]] continued, perhaps prophetically, that "Ireland must be kept like India by persuasion if not by force." The aim to progress Irish Catholics and Indian Muslims and Hindus served to promote the cultural nationalisms and autonomous demands of both nations.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Brix, Emil \|author2=Koch, Klaus \|author3=Vyslonzil, Elisabeth \|title=The Decline of Empires\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ6GAT0xPr4C&pg=PA108\|year=2001\|publisher=Oldenbourg Verlag\|isbn=978-3-486-56594-2\|page=108}}</ref>		During the struggles for freedom from colonial rule, Indian and Irish "nationalist movements were linked by a history of rebellion against British rule."<ref>{{Cite journal \| doi = 10.1086/386228\|jstor=175859\| title = "The Sinn Fein of India": Irish Nationalism and the Policing of Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal\| journal = Journal of British Studies\| volume = 39\| issue = 4\| pages = 454–486\| year = 2000\| last1 = Silvestri \| first1 = M. \|s2cid=145196544}}</ref> Studies have often compared to the two independence struggles.<ref>In addition to the Ireland and India, one such study (T.G. Fraser's ''Partition in Ireland, India and Palestine.) has also extended the comparison to the other great British blemish Palestine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208070532/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/orals/India_Ireland.htm India and Ireland in the Colonial World]. Columbia.edu</ref> Independence leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Éamon de Valera were said to be in touch with each other. Likewise [[Vithalbhai Patel]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] were also said to be in touch with [[Irish nationalist]] leaders. The strongest tie between the two was the link of [[Annie Besant]], from an Irish family but firm supporter of Indian [[self rule]].<ref name="officialindia">[http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Ireland_Relations.pdf India-Ireland_Relations]. Mea.gov.in</ref> In 1916 she launched the [[Home Rule League]] to model Indian independence on the Irish struggle. Both countries held economic, political, and strategically important ties to the British empire. In both cases, the independent struggles led to other movements within the British empire for independence (while even other European empires like Angola were motivated by moves such as India in defence against [[Colonial empire\|European imperialism]]). A sixteenth century proverb said "he who would win England, must with Ireland begin;" this was matched by [[Lord Curzon]]'s "As long as we rule India we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it we shall drop straight away to a third rate power." [[Lord Salisbury]] continued, perhaps prophetically, that "Ireland must be kept like India by persuasion if not by force." The aim to progress Irish Catholics and Indian Muslims and Hindus served to promote the cultural nationalisms and autonomous demands of both nations.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Brix, Emil \|author2=Koch, Klaus \|author3=Vyslonzil, Elisabeth \|title=The Decline of Empires\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ6GAT0xPr4C&pg=PA108\|year=2001\|publisher=Oldenbourg Verlag\|isbn=978-3-486-56594-2\|page=108}}</ref>

	A significant number of Irish people joined the [[Civil Service ~~(United Kingdom)~~\|~~British civil service~~]] and the [[British Indian Army\|~~army regiment~~]] during the nineteenth century. ~~The~~ Irish civil servants ~~included~~ Sir Michael ~~Francis~~ O'Dwyer and ~~General~~ Reginald Dyer ~~who provided distinguished service during~~ the ~~British Rule~~ in ~~India~~. Additionally, Irish missionaries, educationalists, medical and engineering service professionals were also posted in India during this period.<ref name="officialindia"/>		A significant number of Irish people joined the [[Indian Civil Service\|Imperial Civil Service]] and the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] during the nineteenth century. Prominent Irish civil servants and military officers in India include [[Michael O'Dwyer\|Sir Michael O'Dwyer]] and Colonel [[Reginald Dyer]], both of whom were directly responsible for the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] in [[Amritsar]], where troops under Dyer's command fired into a crowd of non-violent protestors, killing 379 people and wounding thousands. Additionally, Irish missionaries, educationalists, medical and engineering service professionals were also posted in India during this period.<ref name="officialindia"/>

	==Formal relations==		==Formal relations==
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	==Irish philanthropy==		==Irish philanthropy==
	Some €5m was said{{By whom\|date=October 2020}} to be being spent in India each year. A substantial proportion of the funding was said to be channelled through some of the large Irish [[NGO]]s, including [[Trócaire]], Goal and Concern, and agencies that augment the [[Irish Aid]] funds from their own resources to implement large-scale programmes where they focus, such as Odisha and West Bengal. Further portions of the funds were granted to a second category of Irish and international NGOs to fund stand-alone projects and programmes through the Civil Society Fund. An increasing level of resources was also earmarked by the [[Irish Government]] for supporting the work of indigenous civil society within the country. The Irish embassy was also said to be pursuing a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure that resources produced maximum outcomes in terms of efforts to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of India. Amongst the highlighted social issued in India, one NGO, using Irish Aid funds, developed [[Water well\|wells]] at girls’ schools; this supported the twin aims of providing clean water and promoting education for the girl-child.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127112507/http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710]</ref>		Some €5m was said{{By whom\|date=October 2020}} to be being spent in India each year. A substantial proportion of the funding was said to be channelled through some of the large Irish [[NGO]]s, including [[Trócaire]], Goal and Concern, and agencies that augment the [[Irish Aid]] funds from their own resources to implement large-scale programmes where they focus, such as Odisha and West Bengal. Further portions of the funds were granted to a second category of Irish and international NGOs to fund stand-alone projects and programmes through the Civil Society Fund. An increasing level of resources was also earmarked by the [[Irish Government]] for supporting the work of indigenous civil society within the country. The Irish embassy was also said to be pursuing a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure that resources produced maximum outcomes in terms of efforts to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of India. Amongst the highlighted social issued in India, one NGO, using Irish Aid funds, developed [[Water well\|wells]] at girls’ schools; this supported the twin aims of providing clean water and promoting education for the girl-child.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710 \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.irelandinindia.com \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127112507/http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710 \|archive-date=27 November 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Economic relations==		==Economic relations==

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	Some €5m was said{{By whom\|date=October 2020}} to be being spent in India each year. A substantial proportion of the funding was said to be channelled through some of the large Irish [[NGO]]s, including [[Trócaire]], Goal and Concern, and agencies that augment the [[Irish Aid]] funds from their own resources to implement large-scale programmes where they focus, such as Odisha and West Bengal. Further portions of the funds were granted to a second category of Irish and international NGOs to fund stand-alone projects and programmes through the Civil Society Fund. An increasing level of resources was also earmarked by the [[Irish Government]] for supporting the work of indigenous civil society within the country. The Irish embassy was also said to be pursuing a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure that resources produced maximum outcomes in terms of efforts to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of India. Amongst the highlighted social issued in India, one NGO, using Irish Aid funds, developed [[Water well\|wells]] at girls’ schools; this supported the twin aims of providing clean water and promoting education for the girl-child.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127112507/http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710] </ref>		Some €5m was said{{By whom\|date=October 2020}} to be being spent in India each year. A substantial proportion of the funding was said to be channelled through some of the large Irish [[NGO]]s, including [[Trócaire]], Goal and Concern, and agencies that augment the [[Irish Aid]] funds from their own resources to implement large-scale programmes where they focus, such as Odisha and West Bengal. Further portions of the funds were granted to a second category of Irish and international NGOs to fund stand-alone projects and programmes through the Civil Society Fund. An increasing level of resources was also earmarked by the [[Irish Government]] for supporting the work of indigenous civil society within the country. The Irish embassy was also said to be pursuing a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure that resources produced maximum outcomes in terms of efforts to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of India. Amongst the highlighted social issued in India, one NGO, using Irish Aid funds, developed [[Water well\|wells]] at girls’ schools; this supported the twin aims of providing clean water and promoting education for the girl-child.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127112507/http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710]</ref>

	==Economic relations==		==Economic relations==

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{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and Ireland}}
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{{Infobox Bilateral relations|Indo-Irish|Ireland|India|filetype=svg|envoy1=[[Brendan Ward (ambassador)|Brendan Ward]]|envoy2=[[Sandeep Kumar (ambassador)|Sandeep Kumar]]|mission1=[[Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi]]|mission2=[[Embassy of India, Dublin]]|envoytitle1=[[List of ambassadors of Ireland to India|Irish Ambassador to India]]|envoytitle2=[[List of ambassadors of India to Ireland|Indian Ambassador to Ireland]]}}

'''India–Ireland relations''' ({{Lang-ga|Caidreamh India-Éire}}; {{Lang-hi|भारत-आयरलैंड संबंध}}), also knows as '''Irish–Indian relations''' or '''Indo-Irish relations''', refer to the [[Bilateralism|bilateral relations]] between [[India]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. As former possessions of the [[British Empire]], the two countries had a similar fight against a common adversary and there were many ties between the respective independence movements in the two countries. Many of the provisions of the [[constitution of India]] were drawn from their Irish counterpart, the [[Constitution of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Year Book of International Affairs |date=1951 |volume=1 |page=157}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/|title=The Irish Influence on the Indian Constitution: 60 Years On – Human Rights in Ireland|website=Humanrights.ie|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122192808/http://humanrights.ie/constitution-of-ireland/the-irish-influence-on-the-indian-constitution-60-years-on/|archive-date=22 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecircular.org/how-ireland-influenced-indian-constitution/|title=Irish influence on Indian Constitution: What many may not know|date=19 April 2017|website=Thecircular.org|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> There are also regular governmental visits. Indo-Irish relations were also strengthened by people like of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Éamon de Valera]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[W B Yeats]], [[James Joyce]], [[Sister Nivedita]] and [[Annie Besant]].

==Emerging relations==
[[File:India and Ireland (IA indiaireland00deva).pdf|thumb|upright|'India and Ireland', a speech given by [[Eamonn De Valera]] in February 1920]]
[[File:Embassy of India in Dublin.jpg|thumb|upright|Embassy of India in Dublin]]
During the struggles for freedom from colonial rule, Indian and Irish "nationalist movements were linked by a history of rebellion against British rule."<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1086/386228|jstor=175859| title = "The Sinn Fein of India": Irish Nationalism and the Policing of Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal| journal = Journal of British Studies| volume = 39| issue = 4| pages = 454–486| year = 2000| last1 = Silvestri | first1 = M. }}</ref> Studies have often compared to the two independence struggles.<ref>In addition to the Ireland and India, one such study (T.G. Fraser's ''Partition in Ireland, India and Palestine.) has also extended the comparison to the other great British blemish Palestine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208070532/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/orals/India_Ireland.htm India and Ireland in the Colonial World]. Columbia.edu</ref> Independence leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Éamon de Valera were said to be in touch with each other. Likewise [[Vithalbhai Patel]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] were also said to be in touch with [[Irish nationalist]] leaders. The strongest tie between the two was the link of [[Annie Besant]], from an Irish family but firm supporter of Indian [[self rule]].<ref name="officialindia">[http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Ireland_Relations.pdf India-Ireland_Relations]. Mea.gov.in</ref> In 1916 she launched the [[Home Rule League]] to model Indian independence on the Irish struggle. Both countries held economic, political, and strategically important ties to the British empire. In both cases, the independent struggles led to other movements within the British empire for independence (while even other European empires like Angola were motivated by moves such as India in defence against [[Colonial empire|European imperialism]]). A sixteenth century proverb said "he who would win England, must with Ireland begin;" this was matched by [[Lord Curzon]]'s "As long as we rule India we are the greatest power in the world. If we lose it we shall drop straight away to a third rate power." [[Lord Salisbury]] continued, perhaps prophetically, that "Ireland must be kept like India by persuasion if not by force." The aim to progress Irish Catholics and Indian Muslims and Hindus served to promote the cultural nationalisms and autonomous demands of both nations.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Brix, Emil |author2=Koch, Klaus |author3=Vyslonzil, Elisabeth |title=The Decline of Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ6GAT0xPr4C&pg=PA108|year=2001|publisher=Oldenbourg Verlag|isbn=978-3-486-56594-2|page=108}}</ref>

A significant number of Irish people joined the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|British civil service]] and the [[British Indian Army|army regiment]] during the nineteenth century. The Irish civil servants included Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer and General Reginald Dyer who provided distinguished service during the British Rule in India. Additionally, Irish missionaries, educationalists, medical and engineering service professionals were also posted in India during this period.<ref name="officialindia"/>

==Formal relations==
Mutual recognition occurred in 1947, upon [[Partition of India|Indian independence]], while diplomatic exchange opened later. India established an [[embassy]] in Ireland in 1951, while Ireland did the same in 1964. William Warnock became Ireland's first ambassador to India that year.<ref>Ireland and India: Post-independence DiplomacyAuthor(s): Kate O'Malley
Source: Irish Studies in International Affairs , 100 years of Irish Foreign Policy (2019) Published by: Royal Irish Academy</ref> To mark the occasion, that same year at Irish president [[Éamon de Valera]]'s insistence, the Indian president [[Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] visited Ireland.<ref>Ireland and India: Post-independence DiplomacyAuthor(s): Kate O'Malley; Source: Irish Studies in International Affairs , 100 years of Irish Foreign Policy (2019) Published by: Royal Irish Academy</ref> Ireland maintains Honorary Consulates in [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]] and [[Bengaluru]].<ref name="officialindia"/>

==Extravenous ties==
The bombing of Air India's [[Air India Flight 182|''Kanishka'']] on 23 June 1985 led to a further bond of ties beyond the political arena. In this the families of Indians and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]]s were tied with [[Ahakista]] and [[County Cork]]. An elegant memorial in the village stands as a testimony to these ties; while the opening of an ''Éamon de Valera Marg'' in the Indian capital also fostered these ties.<ref name="officialindia"/>

==Irish philanthropy==
Some €5m was said{{By whom|date=October 2020}} to be being spent in India each year. A substantial proportion of the funding was said to be channelled through some of the large Irish [[NGO]]s, including [[Trócaire]], Goal and Concern, and agencies that augment the [[Irish Aid]] funds from their own resources to implement large-scale programmes where they focus, such as Odisha and West Bengal. Further portions of the funds were granted to a second category of Irish and international NGOs to fund stand-alone projects and programmes through the Civil Society Fund. An increasing level of resources was also earmarked by the [[Irish Government]] for supporting the work of indigenous civil society within the country. The Irish embassy was also said to be pursuing a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure that resources produced maximum outcomes in terms of efforts to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of India. Amongst the highlighted social issued in India, one NGO, using Irish Aid funds, developed [[Water well|wells]] at girls’ schools; this supported the twin aims of providing clean water and promoting education for the girl-child.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127112507/http://www.irelandinindia.com/home/index.aspx?id=73710] </ref>

==Economic relations==
Total trade between the two countries went from €363.5 million in 2005 to €447.3 million in 2007. Indian exports (having been higher in at least the accounted period) counted for €279.8 million to Indian imports of €167.5 million in 2007.<ref name="officialindia"/>

Indian exports included garments and clothing, textile yarn, and medical and pharmaceutical products. Indian imports included telecommunications and sound equipment, automatic data processing machines, and other manufactured articles.

Indian companies [[Ranbaxy Laboratories]], [[Wockhardt]] Group and Reliance Life Sciences in the pharmaceutical industry; with [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]] and other [[Information technology|IT]] companies in the relevant field. Irish companies in India were much broader with IT services, banking video gaming, oil exploration, media outlets, the Met Pro Group, property companies, cement companies, food processing, and software products industries represented.

Furthermore, a Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement was signed in 2006 with Ahern's visit to India. Furthermore, an estimated 1,000 Indian students were said to be studying in Ireland, while 20,000 – 25,000 Indian and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|PIO]]'s were said to reside in Ireland (16,000 – 18,000 of whom were Indian citizens).<ref name="officialindia"/>

And ''Ireland India Council'' also seeks to foster business ties between the two states. The Council sought to increase "People to People Contact," "Cultural Exchange" engendered through cultural awareness as a necessary attribute to nurturing bilateral relations and / or economic interactions, as "Exchange of Ideas," and more importantly "Business-to-Business Interaction." The council said it existed to provide services for:<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124727/http://www.irelandindiacouncil.ie/business.html Ireland-India Business Support]. Irelandindiacouncil.ie</ref>
*Networking in desirable business sectors both in India and in Ireland
*Assist its members in setting and operating their business in India and vice versa
*Provide travel assistance to its members
*Organise workshop and conferences to its members
*Provide cultural familiarisation and training to the companies staff and executives

The Ireland India Business Association (IIBA) was founded in May 2008 to enhance and increase commercial links between Irish and Indian businesses.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

==Cultural relations==
During a visit to India in November 2012 with delegation from 16 universities, Minister for Education and Skills [[Ciarán Cannon]] said that the two countries have "old ties" and there were many Irish missionaries who run schools in India. He also announced: "We want very strong education ties with India. We not only want Indian students to come to Ireland but we also want Irish students to come to India. Ireland to grow, needs trade. If our students have international exposure, it will be easier for us to grow." In this vein, he unveiled several scholarships for Indian students to study in Ireland.<ref>[http://www.educationnews.com/2012/11/27/irelands-special-scholarship-for-indian-students/ Ireland’s Special Scholarship for Indian Students]. Educationnews.com. 27 November 2012</ref> IUA's International Education Manager Sinead Lucey said: "Choosing Ireland is a very smart choice for students in areas such as IT, pharmaceuticals and food where there are not enough graduates to fill the jobs. In fact, Ireland has been looking to India to fill some of these jobs. Also, the number of multinational companies in Ireland is something you won’t get in other countries and they continue to create job opportunities for skilled graduates." It followed the enticing prospect of extended visas to work in Ireland with chances to apply for residency and citizenship.<ref>[http://www.scholarshipstimes.com/2012/02/29/ireland-launches-full-scholarship/ Ireland launches full scholarship]. Scholarshipstimes.com. 29 February 2012</ref>

==Bilateral visits==
;From India:
* Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]: 1949 & 1956
* President [[Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan]]: 1964
* President [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]: 1982
* Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]: 2015

;From Ireland:
* [[Éamon de Valera]]: 1948
* President [[Patrick Hillery]]: 1978
* President [[Mary Robinson]]: 1993
* [[Taoiseach]] [[Garret FitzGerald]]: 1984
* Taoiseach [[Bertie Ahern]]: 2006

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indianembassy.ie/ Indian embassy in Ireland]
* [http://www.irelandinindia.com/ Irish embassy in India]

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