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Canadian Prime Minister Begins Two-Day Visit to Ireland
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife arrive in Dublin for meetings with Irish officials. The visit includes discussions on a new bilateral cooperation framework covering trade, investment, and security.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at Dublin Airport around 10:00 local time Saturday for a two-day official visit to Ireland. He is accompanied by his wife Diana Fox Carney. The schedule begins with a meeting at Government Buildings followed by a dinner at Dublin Castle.
Police said traffic effects will remain localized and minimal, though temporary rolling road closures will occur for security and event support. The two governments plan to announce a new bilateral cooperation framework covering trade, investment, life sciences, research, innovation, and security and defence.
Carney is also scheduled to visit Trinity College and deliver a speech. Later he will travel to Westport to meet Irish President Catherine Connolly. Carney's grandparents left a village in western Ireland more than 100 years ago. During the trip he will attend Mass and visit a cemetery in the area where some ancestors are buried. He has a third grandparent from another Irish county.
Bilateral trade in goods and services rose from €3.2 billion in 2016 to more than €12 billion in 2024, according to the Irish government. Officials described the expansion as significant in recent years.
