Official Social Media Policy
What to expect
If you follow us, you can expect information covering some or all of the following:
- Press Releases on the Departments activities and Ministerial speeches
- Event information and occasional live coverage of events
- Alerts about new content on our website
- Emergency communications – for example changes to the Department’s Travel Advice
- Other practical information on services available through the Department
RTs ≠ Endorsement
Who we follow
If you follow us on Twitter, we will not automatically follow you back. This is to help our followers identify other Twitter accounts that we are following such as other DFAT Twitter accounts, other Government Departments, Houses of the Oireachtas, relevant European institutions and accounts of particular relevance to Ireland.
@Replies and Direct Messages
We welcome feedback from our followers and will try to join the conversation where possible. However, we may not be able to reply individually to all the messages we receive via Twitter. The best means of communicating a query to us is by using the Contact Us link on our website or the relevant Embassy’s website.
Please do not include personal/private information in your tweets to us.
Abusive/Spam Tweets
Abusive or spam tweets will result in followers being blocked and reported directly to Twitter.
Availability
Twitter may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no responsibility for lack of service due to Twitter downtime
We are on Twitter both at home and abroad, our Twitter policy and a list of our accounts is outlined below.
Who we are
@dfatirl - the official Twitter account of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It is managed by the Department’s Press Office
@Irish_Aid - Irish Aid, Ireland’s overseas aid programme
@PassportIRL – The Passport Service
Ministerial accounts
@SimonCoveney - Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
@CiaranCannon - Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development
@HMcEntee - Minister of State for European Affairs
Other DFAT accounts
@dfatravelwise - Information relating to Consular and travel advice
@DisarmamentIRL - Disarmament & Non-Proliferation
@IrishMissionUN - Ireland's Mission to the United Nations
@HumanRightsIRL - News from the Human Rights Unit
@GlobalIrish - Information on Global Irish Network
Europe
@IrlEmbAthens - Embassy of Ireland, Athens
@irlembberlin - Embassy of Ireland, Berlin
@IrelandRepBru - Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union, Brussels
@IrelandEmbGB - Embassy of Ireland, London
@IrishEmbBelgium - Embassy of Ireland, Belgium
@IrlEmbSofia - Embassy of Ireland, Bulgaria
@IrlEmbPrague - Embassy of Ireland, Czech Republic
@IrlEmbCroatia - Embassy of Ireland, Croatia
@IrishEmbVilnius - Embassy of Ireland, Lithuania
@IrlEmbMadrid - Embassy of Ireland, Madrid
@IrlEmbParis - Embassy of Ireland, Paris
@IrlEmbRome - Embassy of Ireland, Rome
@IrishEmbFinland - Embassy of Ireland, Helsinki
@IrishEmbSweden - Embassy of Ireland, Stockholm
@IrishEmbMalta - Embassy of Ireland, Valletta
@IrlEmbWarsaw - Embassy of Ireland, Warsaw
@irlscotland - Consulate General of Ireland, Edinburgh
@IrelandinNL - Embassy of Ireland, The Hague
@IrlEmbCroatia - Embassy of Ireland, Zagreb
@IrlEmbDenmark - Embassy of Ireland, Copenhagen
@IrishEmbTallinn - Embassy of Ireland, Tallinn
@IrlEmbLjubljana - Embassy of Ireland, Ljubljana
@IrlEmbPrague - Embassy of Ireland, Prague
@IrlEmbLisbon - Embassy of Ireland, Lisbon
@IrlEmbVienna - Embassy of Ireland, Austria
@IrlEmbOslo - Embassy of Ireland, Norway.
@IrlEmbBudapest – Embassy of Ireland, Budapest
@IrishRepCoE – Permanent Representation of Ireland to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
@IrelandEmbLat - Embassy of Ireland, Riga
@IrishEmbBuch - Embassy of Ireland, Bucharest
@IRLOECDUNESCO - Permanent Delegation of Ireland to the OECD and UNESCO
@IrlEmbCyprus - Embassy of Ireland, Cyprus
@IrlEmbHolySee - Embassy of Ireland, Holy See
@IrlEmbAnkara - Embassy of Ireland, Turkey
@IrlEmbSlovakia - Embassy of Ireland, Slovakia
@IrelandUNGeneva - Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations in Geneva
The Americas
@IrelandEmbUSA - Embassy of Ireland, Washington D.C.
@IrelandAtlanta - Consulate General of Ireland, Atlanta
@IrelandBoston - Consulate General of Ireland, Boston
@IrelandChicago - Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago
@IrelandinNY - Consulate General of Ireland, New York
@IrelandSanFran - Consulate of Ireland, San Francisco
@IrelandCGAustin - Consulate of Ireland, Austin
@IrishEmbMexico - Embassy of Ireland, Mexico
@IrlEmbCanada - Embassy of Ireland, Ottawa
@IrlEmbBrazil - Embassy of Ireland, Brazilia
@IrlSaoPaulo - Consulate of Ireland, Sao Paulo
@IrlEmbArgentina - Embassy of Ireland, Argentina
Asia-Pacific
@irlembaustralia - Embassy of Ireland, Canberra
@IrlEmbIndia - Embassy of Ireland, India
@IrishEmbJapan - Embassy of Ireland, Tokyo
@IrishEmbKorea - Embassy of Ireland, Seoul
@IrlEmbSingapore - Embassy of Ireland, Singapore
@IrelandSydney - Consulate General of Ireland, Sydney
@IrelandinHK - Consulate General of Ireland, Hong Kong
@IrlEmbBangkok - Embassy of Ireland, Thailand
@IrlEmbMalaysia - Embassy of Ireland, Malaysia
@IrlEmbChina - Embassy of Ireland, China
Middle East
@IrelandEmbUAE - Embassy of Ireland, Abu Dhabi
@IrishEmbRiyadh - Embassy of Ireland, Riyadh
@EmbassyTLV - Embassy of Ireland, Israel
@IrlRepRamallah – Representative Office of Ireland, Ramallah
Africa
@IrelandinZambia - Embassy of Ireland, Lusaka
@IrlEmbNigeria - Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria
@IrlEmbTanzania – Embassy of Ireland, Dar es Salaam
@IrlEmbEthiopia - Embassy of Ireland, Ethiopia
@IrlEmbPretoria - Embassy of Ireland, Pretoria
@IrlEmbKenya - Embassy of Ireland, Kenya
@IrlEmbMalawi - Embassy of Ireland, Malawi
@IrlEmbUganda – Embassy of Ireland, Uganda
@IrlEmbMaputo – Embassy of Ireland, Mozambique
@IrlEmbFreetown - Embassy of Ireland, Sierra Leone
Irish Ambassadors on Twitter
@DanMulhall - Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America
@EamonnMcKee - Director General, Trade Division
@AdrianGONeill - Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom
@GeoffreyIRL - Ambassador of Ireland, Singapore
@CManahanIRL - Ambassador of Ireland to Denmark and Iceland
@gerkeown - Ambassador of Ireland, Poland
@KarlGardnerIRL - Ambassador of Ireland to Norway
@bjonesbh - Ambassador of Ireland to Mexico
@VincentONIRL - Ambassador of Ireland, Kenya
@DecKelleher - Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU
@AmbSeanHoy - Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria
@breandanocaolla - Ambassador of Ireland to Australia and New Zealand
@paul_sherlock - Ambassador of Ireland to Tanzania, Burundi and East African Community
@MarkHanniffy - Consul General of Ireland in Scotland
@SeanOReganIRL - Ambassador of Ireland to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon
@SeamusOGradaigh - Ambassador of Ireland to Zambia and Namibia
@WCarlosIRL - Ambassador of Ireland to Mozambique
@jimkelly2006 - Ambassador of Ireland to Canada and non-resident Ambassador to Jamaica
@Kevinthehague - Ambassador of Ireland to The Netherlands