News - Ireland, Dublin, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

In the year marking the 175th anniversary of the birth and the 95th anniversary of the death of Irishman Pierce O'Mahony, a petition has been launched to erect a monument in his honour in Sofia. The initiative comes from Yavor Ivanov, a Bulgarian living in Dublin, who informed the Bulgarian Ambassador to Ireland, Vanya Andreeva, about this significant step during a recent meeting. This remarkable Irishman – politician, botanist, and philanthropist, who fought for equality in Ireland – left behind a legacy that far exceeds the borders of his native Ireland. After learning about the devastating number of orphaned children following the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, Pierce O'Mahony came to Sofia to establish and fund with his own resources the orphanage “St. Patrick”. He raised and educated over 30 Bulgarian children, taking some of them with him to Ireland and giving them a new start in life.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the process of implementing a large-scale project, coordinated in advance with all responsible institutions in Bulgaria and the EU, including the implementation and launch of a new version of the National Visa Information System (NVIS).

On 9 June 2023 thé Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland hosted a meeting of the European External Action Service (EEAS), focusing on and examining the trends and challenges of Real Estate and Co-location for Europe’s Foreign Ministries.

Ambassador Gergana Karadjova was honoured today with a lovely farewell at Iveagh House, hosted by Alma Ní Choigligh, Director General for European Affairs of Ireland together with her colleague from the Republic of Korea, H.E. Ki-hwan Kweon and officials and friends from DFA and the diplomatic corps in Dublin.

A commemorative plaque for James David Bourchier (1850-1920), was unveiled in his hometown Bruff, county Limerick at an official ceremony on the 22nd of March 2023.

The Ambassador of Bulgaria to Ireland Gergana Karadjova was honoured and humbled to take part today in the launch of this year’s edition of the emblematic Crocus Project by Holocaust Education Ireland in memory of all children who died in the Holocaust. The event was hosted by the former President of Ireland Mary McAleese in presence of Co Roscommon pupils, Holocaust survivors and Dublin Ambassadors.