Tourism event in House of Lords to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2025

Tourism Ireland co-sponsored a special reception in the House of Lords in London today – as part of an extensive programme of St Patrick’s Day 2025 promotional activity in Great Britain and elsewhere around the world. The event, celebrating British-Irish relations, was attended by members of the House of Commons and House of Lords, as well as leaders of the Irish community living in London and influential British travel trade and media contacts.

St Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity for tourism to the island of Ireland. Earlier this week, Tourism Ireland unveiled its extensive programme of St Patrick’s Week promotions, with this time of year both attracting visitors to the island and important for teeing up bookings for the season ahead through the heightened profile created.

Deirdre Fraser; Ciaran O’Brien, Champ; Norma Foley TD, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; HE Martin Fraser, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom; Fleur Anderson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office; and Siobhan McManamy, Tourism Ireland, at a St Patrick’s reception in the House of Lords in London co-sponsored by Tourism Ireland.