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Year in Review 2015 - Our Prosperity

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Advancing Ireland’s prosperity by promoting our economic interests internationally is one of the high level goals of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in our Statement of Strategy 2015-2017, and part of our overall mission statement as a Government Department.

This involves:

- Contributing to the creation of jobs and export opportunities;
- Encouraging inward investment, tourism and education in Ireland; and
- Developing strong bilateral relations to promote our economic interests abroad.

The stories below are examples of our delivery of this goal in 2015.

Visit of Chinese Premier

Visit of Chinese Premier

Premier Li Keqiang, the second most senior figure in China’s Government, visited Ireland for the first time in May 2015.

PM Modi's visit to Ireland

PM Modi's visit to Ireland

Ireland was honoured to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India on 23 September 2015, the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister in almost 60 years.

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

The Department helped organise 29 trade-focused St. Patrick’s Day visits by Government Ministers, including the Taoiseach and Tánaiste, to 70 cities in 26 countries in 2015.

The Year of Irish Design

The Year of Irish Design

Irish Design 2015 was a year-long programme of over 600 events and activities which introduced over 2,000 Irish designers to an audience of over 1.4 million people around the world.

Global Irish Economic Forum

Global Irish Economic Forum

The 4th Global Irish Economic Forum took place in Dublin Castle on 20th and 21st of November 2015.

Aviation in 2015

Aviation in 2015

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade took an active role in helping to implement Ireland’s new National Aviation Policy and in promoting our aviation industry throughout 2015.