The government has announced the St. Patrick's Day programme for 2025 which will see government ministers and ministers of state travel abroad to promote IrelandInc.

The programme will see the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and representatives of the state engage in programmes to promote Ireland and Irish interests and values in the world.

This year, 38 ministers of state will travel to 90 cities and 40 countries. 10 of the ministers will be going to the United States.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will be in Washington D.C to gift the traditional bowl of shamrock to US President Donald Trump. Tánaiste Simon Harris will visit Philadelphia and New York.

Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Martin Heydon will remain in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day as the senior government representative present at home during the St. Patrick's Day missions.

The minister is understood to then be planning to undertake a major agri-food focused trade mission to the US in April.

Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, horticulture and farm safety, Michael Healy-Rae does not appear on the list of ministers going abroad this year for St. Patrick's Day.

Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for food promotion, new markets, research and development, Noel Grealish will be heading to Vietnam and Cambodia.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for fisheries, Timmy Dooley will be heading to Canada.

Previous Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and current Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with responsibility for sport and postal policy, Charlie McConalogue will travel to Colombia to celebrate the day.

Ministers will promote Irish investment overseas, international research and education collaborations, mutually beneficial partnerships between Irish and overseas companies and the successes and growth of overseas companies that have chosen Ireland as their base in Europe.

In a statement the government said: "St Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity to promote Ireland’s interests around the world and to promote Ireland as a place to invest, visit, work or study."

The government has stated that the overall message of St. Patrick's Day 2025 will focus on the ambitions outlined in the programme for government, emphasising Ireland’s outlook and attractiveness as a small, open trading economy, with our economic success rooted in this openness and our willingness to build partnerships.