Ireland in Sierra Leone

Application for the Ireland Fellowship programme 2025/26 are now open!

The Fellowship programme offers young potential leaders in 🇸🇱 the opportunity to complete a Masters degree in 🇮🇪.

Click below to learn more & see if you're eligible👇 - https://www.irishaidfellowships.ie/strands/ireland-fellows-programme-africa

A fantastic initiative led by European Union in Sierra Leone - the Bus Tour 2024 gave a great opportunity for learning and engagement with development partners, government agencies and beneficiaries of our projects.

🔊The Embassy of Ireland is hiring!🇮🇪

Are you:
👉highly motivated
👉enthusiastic
👉hardworking
👉with excellent organisational & management skills?

We're looking for applicants with these skills to join our team as Head of Administration

Find out more: https://shorturl.at/ceklq

March was a month of many highlights, but our favourite photo is featured below📸

Our oldest & youngest Irish☘️ citizens in 🇸🇱, remarkable Sr Teresa McKeon, 94 years young, & smol pikin Theo, who celebrated his 1st birthday this week!

Happy birthday Theo🎂& happy Easter 🐣 all!

Well done to our four drivers, Joseph, Mohamed, Emmanuel & Arthur for passing their Advanced Driver Training Course with flying colours🥇✍️ 🚘

Their dedication and professionalism is integral in keeping us and our team safe on the roads across all corners of 🇸🇱👏🏽

Ease into the weekend with an evening of poetry featuring Irish 🇮🇪 poets Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi & David Hynes, alongside up & coming 🇸🇱 voices

Join us @ 5pm on Thursday to hear the words of our poets (and any brave attendees!) on "me/she/her- what matters"🗣️♀️

👉 Confirm your attendance at [email protected] German Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone European Union in Sierra Leone

📻 Tune in to Radio Democracy 98.1 FM in just 10 minutes as Ambassador Aidan Fitzpatrick joins the Good Morning Salone team 🇮🇪🇸🇱

Another St Patrick’s Day ☘️, another tremendous effort by our team in bringing celebrations to 🇸🇱

We thank them & all partners who marked the occasion with us, especially Minister Tim Kabba, our guest of honour & of course remarkable Sr Teresa,📸 here with Conrad Sackey - Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education

That’s a wrap on a busy week with visiting African Director Kyle O’Sullivan. It was a pleasure to engage in a wide range of high level meetings to discuss shared priorities and Ireland and Sierra Leone’s partnership which goes from strength and strength. 🇮🇪🇸🇱🤝🏽

Thank you to the Ministers of Education, Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Chairman of Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security and the Mayor of Freetown.

A pleasure to welcome our Africa Director, Mr Kyle O’Sullivan to Sierra Leone as we gear up to celebrate St Patrick’s Day☘️

We took the opportunity to pay a courtesy visit to the Minister of Planning & Economic Development as we spoke of our commitment to working together for 🇸🇱

Delighted to partner with German Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone, & House of Salone on a creative initiative to enable poets from 🇸🇱, 🇮🇪 & 🇩🇪 to exchange via the art of poetry slam!

Get your voice heard on “Me/she/her -what matters”

Poster details👇🏽on how to participate, deadline for submissions March 13!

Evidence & research is key in taking action to

We were glad to support yesterday’s roundtable by Forum Against Harmful Practices-FAHP which discussed the first research report into complications of FGM/C in 🇸🇱

The report gives women survivors a voice to which all stakeholders should listen 🗣️

What a night - we are still catching our breath after last night’s St Brigid’s celebrations! 🎉

Thank you to all who came out to mark the occasion and especially to our Haus of Salone partners who truly showcased African Feminine Power at its most inspiring 🎶 💃 📸

This week, Feb 1st, marks St Brigid’s Day, an annual Irish celebration of women’s creativity.

In honour of the occasion, we’ve teamed up with our friends Haus of Salone
to present some of 🇸🇱’s most exciting talents

Join us for music, dance, poetry & more, see details below! Please RSVP to [email protected] 💃 🎶

We are hiring! 📝

The Embassy of Ireland is seeking a dedicated & experienced individual to fill the position of Driver 🚘

Only 2 days left until applications close on 22 November.

Find out more about the role and how to apply at the link below👇🏽

Vacancy: Embassy Driver ​The Embassy of Ireland, Freetown, is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to fill the position of Embassy Driver.

Well done AIM, the communities & traditional leaders in Koya Chiefdom for their commitment to alternative rites of passage for girls.

We witnessed the energetic cultural traditions of the Bondo society, where women were celebrated without harm

= empower 🇸🇱 women & girls

🚨The Ireland Africa Fellows Programme is currently open to eligible Sierra Leoneans for 2024/2025.

Final date for applications👉🏾August 13.

To learn more about this Masters study opportunity in 🇮🇪, click link 👇🏾or contact [email protected]

https://www.irishaidfellowships.ie/strands

⚽️ Only 2️⃣4️⃣ hours to go until our women’s football team kick off their very first FIFA World Cup campaign ☘️

Wishing the the very best of luck against hosts Australia, we’ll be cheering you on from 🇸🇱!

🇮🇪 💪🏽 FAIreland FAI Women Irish Foreign Ministry FIFA Women's World Cup

A Joint Statement from 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇺
Ireland commends the commitment of Sierra Leoneans in exercising their democratic right to vote.

We share concerns raised about the lack of transparency in the tabulation process.

We remain committed to supporting democracy in Sierra Leone

Ireland stands with our 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 and 🇪🇺 partners in urging everyone to refrain from violence, respect the political choices of one another, and to reject the language of division and hate.

UK in Sierra Leone
U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone
German Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone
Ambassade de France en Guinée et en Sierra Leone

European Union in Sierra Leone

The women of Salone have spoken 🗣️

Tenki to our partners for bringing women’s voices to the forefront of discussions through the launch of the 2023 Women’s Manifesto.

Consultations across 🇸🇱 have highlighted the issues & policy priorities that matter the most - take note 📝👇🏾

Irish Aid TrocaireSEND - SIERRA LEONE Christian Aid Ireland Campaign for Good Governance 50-50 Group Sierra Leone

As we close out the month of April, we look back at some highlights from another busy month which saw:

📜 the launch of the Citizen's Manifesto with Institute for Governance Reform - IGR, highlighting the changes Sierra Leoneans would like to see and the commitments they will make
🚗 an intensive field visit across three districts to highlight critical activities supported by Irish Aid that that aspire to , support survivors of SGBV and aim to empower women and girls to realise their rights, with partners Forum Against Harmful Practices-FAHP, Rainbo Initiative
🎬 joining Ballanta Academy of Music & Performing Arts film nights and enjoying a taste of Salone (& Ibadan!) culture

Some pictures from our St Patrick’s Day Reception 👇

Thank you Minister Francis for delivering the address on behalf of Government.

A great opportunity for Cathaoirleach Jerry Buttimer to meet a broad range of our friends, from development partners, INGOs, CSOs, & 🇮🇪 community

📸 Some highlights from a very busy weekend programme for the Speaker of the Irish Senate, Jerry Buttimer visiting Sierra Leone on the occasion of St Patrick’s Day ☘️

Our delegation:
🌽 visited Macca Kingdom with Welthungerhilfe to meet VSLA groups and learned how the community grow fruit and veg and store grain
👭 met with representatives of Women in Governance networks (by SEND - SIERRA LEONE) who spoke on their experiences & challenges
📻 engaged with Irish Aid-supported Nyapui Radio station, reiterating Ireland’s commitment to empowering and girls and exploring how local VSLA and credit unions are supporting women in the Kenema communities