Embassy of Ireland Berlin

Today Ambassador Collins met with Palestinian poet Alaa Alqaisi during her visit to Berlin to present her work at the ’s Poetry festival.
📝Alaa is currently undertaking her PhD on W.B. Yeats at Trinity College Dublin .

📢 WE’RE HIRING | Wir stellen ein! 📢
The Embassy of Ireland in Berlin is hiring for the full-time role of Administrative Assistant (Agricultural & Economic Affairs).

🔎For full job description & details on how to apply: https://www.ireland.ie/en/germany/berlin/about/job-opportunities/administrative-assistant-agricultural-economic-affairs-embassy-of-ireland-berlin/
⏳Deadline for applications: 29 June 2026, 09:00 CET.

Die Botschaft von Irland in Berlin sucht einen Referent (m/w/d/k) für landwirtschaftliche und finanzpolitische Angelegenheiten
(in Vollzeit).
🔎 Vollständige Stellenausschreibung & Details zur Bewerbung: https://www.ireland.ie/en/germany/berlin/about/job-opportunities/administrative-assistant-agricultural-economic-affairs-embassy-of-ireland-berlin/
⏳Bewerbungsschluss: 29.06.2026, 09:00 MEZ.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung! ☘️

The Secretary General of Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment , Oonagh Buckley, paid an official visit to Berlin ahead of Ireland’s EU Council Presidency, which begins in less than 1 month’s time! 🇪🇺

Secretary General Buckley discussed developments in climate, energy and environment policy with counterparts in the German Federal ministries and with Berlin-based think-tanks and international organisations. She also took part in a public event with the Hertie School Jacques Delors Centre.

Buckley met with:
🤝 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy State Secretary Frank Wetzel
🤝 Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth.
👉 Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management Johanna Sumuvuori
👉 Managing Director for Energy, Environment, Industry at the German Chamber of Industry & Commerce/ Dr Sebastian Bolay
👉 CEO of the German Offshore Wind Energy Association Stefan Thimm.

🟢 “Clean, Affordable, Secure: EU Energy Policy under the Irish Council Presidency” was the title of the public event with the Hertie School Jacques Delors Centre . Secretary General Oonagh Buckley delivered a keynote address outlining Ireland’s Presidency priorities for EU energy policy, before a panel discussion alongside:
💠 Dr. Dominic Ponattu, Director of Innovation, Industry and Energy at the Federal Chancellery
💠Dr Kirsten Westphal, member of the Management Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries/ .wasser.leben
💠Dr Georg Zachmann, Senior Fellow at
moderated by Philipp Jäger and with an introduction by Acting Co-Director of the Jacques Delors Centre Dr Nils Redeker.

Ambassador Maeve Collins in 🚞🇩🇪🇮🇪
Ambassador Collins conducted a two-day official visit to Dresden, the capital of the State of .

The Ambassador met with:
🤝 Saxon Minister President
🤝 (State Parliament) President Alexander Dierks .
They discussed Ireland’s upcoming EU Council Presidency, which begins on July 1, as well as the links between Ireland and Saxony and how these can be further strengthened. 🇪🇺

🔍 Saxony is home to Europe’s largest semi-conductor cluster. While in the region, Ambassador Collins visited
⭐️Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems .IPMS and
⭐️ to learn more about the semi-conductor industry and developments in the sector.
Sincere thanks to the teams at Silicon Saxony and Fraunhofer IPMS for your hospitality and your insights.

🗣️🇺🇳 The Ambassador delivered a guest lecture at the opening of the 2026 Elbe Model United Nations () at . She discussed the past, present and future of the United Nations and Ireland’s commitment to the UN and multilateralism - including our campaign for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2027–2029 term. Thanks to ElbMUN Chair Xaver Lallinger for coordinating Ambassador Collins’ participation.

📸 Selection of photos courtesy of Saxon State Chancellery, (Millauer) and .IPMS (Oertelt)

Lucy O’Sullivan is the Irish designer taking part in the project ‘NEXT! Young European Design’ that saw 11 European designers partake in a programme of workshops, networking and presentations in Berlin. The project this year has a focus on wood and Lucy’s work with reclaimed, storm-fallen timber demonstrated new ways to source sustainable materials for beautifully designed pieces.

The Embassy was delighted to partner with our colleagues from European embassies and cultural institutions, and curator Simona Binko to deliver this worthwhile project

🌍🌾 Presenting the very best of Irish food and drink at the Annual Reception of the Agricultural Diplomats Club ☘️🍴

The reception took place in the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin, where the Embassy team presented Irish food and drink alongside other countries from around the world.

The Embassy’s Agriculture Attaché Dr Sorcha Wheatley was honoured to meet Germany’s Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer MdB (.DE) at the event and offer him a taste of Ireland.

🍽️ The Embassy presented:
- Organic Irish Blue Cheese on brown bread crackers from
- Organic Irish smoked salmon
- Dairygold Co-Operative Society Ltd Irish cheddar cheese & Dairygold Goldentaler cheese
- Ginger Spice Biscuits & Irish Butter Shortbread from the West Cork Biscuit Company
- Organic Water Kefir
- Whiskey
- Irish Cream liquer.

🗣️📖 Irish author Audrey Magee began her Embassy-supported tour of Germany with a sold-out event at Berlin’s Humboldt University last night.

Audrey read from and spoke about her book ‘The Colony’, before taking questions from the audience.

She will continue today to , supported by , and finish in Munich with an event with on Wednesday (20 May).

👀🎟️ For more details/ final tickets see the [link in our bio]

Today, on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we mark the progress made on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.

It is unacceptable that LGBTIQ+ people continue to face discrimination, harassment, and violence for being who they are.

Ireland will continue to call for further steps to realise the full equality of LGBTIQ+ persons at home and globally.

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Heute, am Internationalen Aktionstag gegen Homo-, Bi-, Inter- und Transphobie, würdigen wir die Fortschritte, die bei den Rechten von LGBTIQ+-Personen erzielt wurden.
 
Es ist inakzeptabel, dass LGBTIQ+-Personen weiterhin Diskriminierung, Belästigung und Gewalt aufgrund ihrer Identität erleben müssen.
 
Irland wird sich weiterhin für weitere Maßnahmen einsetzen, um die vollständige Gleichstellung von LGBTIQ+-Personen im eigenen Land und weltweit zu verwirklichen.