State Agencies

Bord Bia

The Irish Food Board acts as a link between Irish food, drink and horticulture suppliers and existing and potential customers throughout the world.

Bord Bia's purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

Bord Bia has a network of overseas offices, including in Moscow.

Tourism Ireland

Tourism Ireland is responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas as a leading holiday destination.

It was established as one of the “six areas of co-operation” under the framework of the Belfast Agreement of Good Friday 1998. Our remit is to increase tourism to the island of Ireland and to support Northern Ireland to realise its tourism potential.

We operate under the auspices of the North/South Ministerial Council through the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in Ireland. We work closely with the two tourist boards on the island, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism NI, and with our partners in the tourism industry at home and abroad in delivering on our remit. Tourism Ireland’s up to 168 staff create world-class marketing programmes in over 21 markets across the world, as well as centrally in Dublin and Coleraine.

The Embassy works alongside Tourism Ireland to promote Ireland as a tourist destination for Russian visitors.