- Embassy out-of-hours service
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The Embassy’s public office is open Monday to Friday from 9.30 – 12.00. The entrance to the public office is at 4 rue Rude (around the corner from 12 Avenue Foch). The Embassy’s telephone lines are open Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 13.00 and from 14.30 to 17.30. We are closed for some public holidays; for a list of closure dates in 2010, please click here.
As part of the “Journées du Patrimoine » taking place in France on 18 and 19 September 2010, the reception rooms at the Embassy of Ireland will be open to visitors from 10.00 to 16.00 on Saturday, 18 September. The entrance to the Embassy is at 2 rue Rude, 75016 Paris. The nearest metro stations are Charles de Gaulle – Etoile and Argentine. Visitors will be very welcome.
How to find us (map): The nearest metro station is Argentine on line 1. When you come out of the metro station, walk back up the hill towards the Arc de Triomphe. The entrance to the Embassy’s public office is at 4 rue Rude, which is the second street on the right after you exit the metro.
The nearest Velib station is at Rue Traktir.
Embassy of Ireland
12 Avenue Foch
75116 Paris
Main Tel: + 33 1 44176700
Fax: +33 1 44176750
Ambassador – Paul Kavanagh (PDF 229kb)
Counsellor (Political) – Cyril Brennan
First Secretary (Press, Culture, Information) – Donal Kelly
First Secretary (Economic) – Gerald Angley
First Secretary (Agriculture) – Michael Walsh
Second Secretary (Consular) – Meg Laffan
Garda Liaison Officer/Attaché de police - Tom Croke
The Embassy operates an out-of-hours service for Irish citizens requiring emergency assistance. In case of a genuine emergency, please ring the Embassy at +33 1 44176700 and leave a message on the answering machine. The answering machine is monitored regularly, and the Duty Officer will contact you as soon as possible. When you leave a message, remember to state your name, the nature of the problem, where you are now, and the details of how the Duty Officer can contact you (please leave your mobile phone number, or the phone number of the hotel/hostel where you are staying).
Alternatively, you may contact the Duty Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin at +353 (0)1 408 2000.
Please click here to email the Embassy

Opening hours for the public office:
Monday to Friday
09.30 - 12.00
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Opening hours for our telephone lines:
Monday to Friday
09.30 - 13.00 and 14.30 - 17.30