Croatia-Ireland relations
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Croatia-Ireland relations are foreign relations between Croatia and Ireland. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 January 1995.
Croatia is represented in Ireland through its embassy and consulate in Dublin, while Ireland is represented in Croatia through its embassy and consulate in Zagreb.[1][2] Both countries are full members of the European Union.
Relations
Relations between Croatia and Ireland are very good. Ireland provided strong support to the Croatian ascension to the EU.[3][4]
On the recommendation of the famous Irish poet William Butler Yeats, Croatian sculptor and architect Ivan Meštrović was asked in 1927 to submit design of the first Irish coins. Unfortunately Mestrović was, by someone else's fault, late in submitting his design to the tender. "Having discovered that the deadline had passed, Meštrović had made magnificent design and generously donated it to the Irish Free State"- wrote Yeats. Original work made by Ivan Meštrović is being kept in the National Museum of Ireland. Since 1965 Irish Central Bank uses this design on its official seal.[5]
Thomas Crowley, an Irishman, is considered to be a national hero in Croatia because of his active role in the Croatian War of Independence.[citation needed]
Economic relations
From 1993 to 2011 Irish businessmen invested 139.3 million euros into Croatia and thus took 18th place among top investors in Croatia. (in 2010 investments amounted to 70.4 million euros). In 2010, Croatia was visited by 28,933 Irish tourists who made 124,131 overnight stays.
Croatia exported to Ireland products worth 14.4 million euros in 2010 (medical and pharmaceutical products, fertilizers, etc.), and imported from it products worth 73.1 million euros (essential oils and perfumes, medicines, machinery, chemicals, etc.).[6] In 2012 Croatia exported to Ireland goods worth $13.3 million[7] and imported from it goods worth $94.5 million.[8]
Since the Croatian ascension to the EU in 2013 Ireland has become one of the most popular destinations for the Croatian migrant workers. Facebook group in which members advice each other about living in Ireland-"Let's go to Ireland" (Idemo u Irsku), had more than 20.000 members in September 2015. On June 16, 2015 Croatian Radiotelevision aired its documentary about Croatian emigrants in Ireland under the title "Our Beautiful Ireland - promised land for the Croatian people" (Lijepa naša Irska - obećana za hrvatske građane)".
See also
References
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