Fantastic few days in #Oulu. The Irish festival lit up the city with an incredible mix of talented Irish and Finnish musicians, storytellers and dancers. Next year Oulu takes the stage as European Capital of Culture — and we’ve got big plans for the Irish Festival! 🇮🇪🇫🇮 #Oulu2026

European Film Weeks organized by EU-komissio Suomessa & Euroopan parlamentti Suomessa 🇪🇺🇫🇮 is happening this week 🇪🇺📽️ 🇮🇪📽️ Irish film Dreamtown will be screened on Saturday 4th October at 10am in Kino Regina, in Oodi Library. Free entry. All the 22 films and screening times: bit.ly/EFW2025-brochu…

Join us for Global Solidarity Run - Helsinki edition 👟 Saturday 11 October 2025 👟 Meet-up 9.30 am in Senate Square 👟 Sign up by 8 October to [email protected] More info: ireland.ie/globalrun #GlobalRun2025 #OneRunOneDayOneWorld

Would you like to join our team? The Embassy is now recruiting for an Accounts and Administration Officer. Deadline for applications is 17 October. Full details and application information on our website: ireland.ie/en/finland/hel…

Fantastic few days at the #FutureDataSummit in Helsinki 🇫🇮 — great to see such a strong Irish contingent exploring Finland’s high tech construction scene. I was happy to provide an Irish perspective. The future’s looking bright… and busy! ☀️🏗️

Today, Embassy colleagues 🇮🇪and friends in Helsinki🇫🇮 (including furry friends! 🐕) joined thousands of people across the world running for the Global Solidarity Run 2025 🌍 One Day. One Run. One World. One Team of Equals. #GlobalRun2025

A perfect blend of science art and forest today at the University of Helsinki’s Hyytiälä Research Station 🌲Huge thanks to Kaarle Hämeri and the team for the inspiring visit!

🎶 Music for the weekend 🎶 Irish choral conducting student Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy from Uniarts Helsinki will host her Master's Degree Concert 🎶Saturday 18th October at 18.00 🎶Sibelius Academy Concert Hall More details below and from: uniarts.fi/tapahtumat/mas… 🇮🇪🎶🇫🇮

Great to see 🇫🇮 Speaker Jussi Halla-aho visit Ireland and meet with counterparts Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais - important timing, ahead of 🇮🇪 Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Award-winning Irish Author 🇮🇪 Liz Nugent, well known for her bestselling book Strange Sally Diamond or Särnikäs Sally Diamond in 🇫🇮 will be here for Helsinki Book Fair, at 11:30 on 24 October Helsingin Messukeskus Information and tickets available here: kirjamessut.messukeskus.com/en/programme/?…

Today marks 80 years of the United Nations. The UN’s mission to advance international peace & security, human rights & sustainable development is more important than ever. Ireland remains unwavering in our commitment to the United Nations & the principles enshrined in the UN Charter 🇮🇪🇺🇳

One week to Halloween 🎃 This week we visited the annual Salo Pumpkin Weeks #kurpitsaviikot. Thank you to Rannikon Puutarha for hosting and talented Vita Poberezhets for the amazing 🇮🇪 pumpkin! Festival is on until Sunday 26th Oct - visit if you can ➡️ kurpitsaviikot.fi 🎃

📣 The Embassy is closed today 27 October 2025. In case of a genuine consular emergency, the duty officer can be reached at +35896824240. ireland.ie/en/finland/hel…

2⃣ marvelous Halloween events in Helsinki this Saturday ⤵️ 🎃 Samhain storytelling (in Finnish) by Finnish-Irish Society & Finnish Society for Celtic Studies finnish-irish.fi/samhain-1-11-2… 🎃 Mummer's Ball by the Helsinki Harps Folk Group eventbrite.fi/e/the-mummers-… 🇮🇪 #HomeofHalloween

Happy Halloween from the Embassy in Helsinki 🎃👻🎃🐈‍⬛🎃🕸️🎃 Thank you to everyone who attended our spooktacular #Halloween children's party last night! 🎃 🇮🇪 #HomeOfHalloween 🎃 ireland.ie/en/visit/hallo…

In times of global uncertainty, the respect and promotion of human rights continues to be a cornerstone of Irish foreign policy. Ireland was amongst the first signatories to the Convention. Learn more at: ireland.ie/en/coe/strasbo…

COP30 begins today as world leaders including Micheál Martin gather for the Leaders’ Summit. In a time of geopolitical uncertainty, #COP30 is an important moment to bring the world together to face a common threat. Find out more about Ireland at COP30: ireland.ie/en/ireland-and…

The Embassy phone lines are currently down. While we work to resolve the issue, we would be grateful if you could get in touch via email with any queries. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Catherine Connolly was today inaugurated as the tenth President of Ireland at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. You can read the President’s inaugural address at president.ie/en/media-libra…