Team Ireland in Spain

The Embassy works with Irish state agencies to:

• Promote Ireland's trade and investment objectives
• Promote Irish exports
• Promote Irish food, culture, heritage and tradition
• Promote Ireland as a tourism destination

Working with state agencies in Spain

The Embassy is part of an Ireland House: we share our building with Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia and Tourism Ireland. We work closely with these and other state agencies to promote trade, tourism and inward investment. The Ambassador chairs the local market team. We can:

• Support Irish companies who want to find and access new markets and help with resolving commercial difficulties where possible
• Provide general advice on doing business locally and, through our network of contacts, pursue export and investment opportunities that will benefit Ireland
• Work to secure market access for Irish products in key sectors

The Irish Embassy in Madrid would like to draw attention to the several funding opportunities which may be of interest to our stakeholders in Spain and Ireland.

Please note each will have different eligibility criteria, application processes and timelines as well as reporting requirements.

If you are planning an event or activity in Spain, please consider if any of these sources could be of interest:

Culture Ireland – aims to support and promote the presentation of Irish arts internationally

Irish Film Institute – aims to facilitate access to Irish film for cultural exhibitors

Literature Ireland – offers translation grant programme for international publishers to apply for a contribution towards the cost of the translator of a work of Irish literature from English or Irish into another language  

Screen Ireland – aims to support writers, directors and production companies by providing investment loans for the development, production and distribution of film, television, animation and shorts

Emigrant Support Programme – aims to offer support for the vulnerable and underrepresented and nurture Ireland's cultural heritage abroad among the diaspora

GAA Global Games Development Fund (2025 link) - financial support for projects and initiatives that increase or improve opportunities for the Irish Diaspora and other communities abroad to play Gaelic Games.