THE PRIME MINISTER of Canada is set to travel to Ireland next week and will meet with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and President Catherine Connolly.

From 11-17 June, Carney will visit Ireland and France, and participate in the 2026 G7 Leaders’ Summit.

Carney will meet with Martin on Saturday, 13 June for a bilateral meeting, as well as an official dinner in Dublin Castle to mark this visit.

Carney will also visit Co Mayo and meet with President Connolly.

His trip to Mayo will be the first official visit to the county by a Canadian prime minister.

Carney’s office said that he intends to “address pressing global challenges and unlock new opportunities for collaboration”, as well as “catalyse new investment into Canada, deepen trade and security partnerships with Europe”.

Last year, bilateral merchandise trade between Canada and Ireland totalled $6 billion, with Canadian exports to Ireland valued at $1.1 billion and imports at $4.9 billion.

Meanwhile, Carney’s office remarked that “in a more dangerous and divided world, Canada’s government is focused on what we can control”.

“We are building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad.”

At the beginning of this year, Carney received a rare standing ovation at the World Economic Forum in Davos where he warned that the “old order is not coming back”.

He described Canada as a “middle power” and called on middle powers to “act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu”.

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“In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice: compete with each other for favour or to combine to create a third path with impact.”

Carney will first visit Paris to meet with France president Emmanuel Macron, before visiting Dublin to meet with Martin.

This will be the first bilateral visit to Ireland by a Canadian prime minister in nearly a decade.

Carney’s office said this visit will be focused on “deepening Canada and Ireland’s longstanding cultural and people-to-people ties and expanding ties across agri-food, digital innovation, AI, pharmaceuticals, and climate”. 

From there, Carney will go back to France for the G7 Leaders’ Summit.

“Ireland and France are two of Canada’s closest and longest-standing partners,” said Carney ahead of the visit.

“In an increasingly uncertain world, we are deepening these ties.”

Meanwhile, Martin’s office said the visit will “be a useful opportunity to discuss bilateral relations between Ireland and Canada”. 

Speaking ahead of the meeting, Martin said Carney is “proud of his Irish heritage, and we will be discussing ways to strengthen our bilateral relations even further”.

He added that Canada is an “important economic partner for Ireland, with strong trade in goods and services in both directions”.

Martin said that the two will also discuss global issues including the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine.

“Canada and Ireland have an excellent working relationship on the global stage and, as we face many geopolitical challenges,” said Martin.

“It is important that we work closely together to support peaceful resolutions.”