The President and Sabina Higgins hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for visiting Honorary Consuls and Heads of Missions who are participating in their annual conference in Dublin Castle.

The conference is part of the 2023 Global Ireland Summit, a four-day series of events and engagements that began on Monday, 23 October, with the annual Heads of Mission conference and concluded on Thursday, 26 October, with the Global Schools programme in which Heads of Mission and Peacekeepers from the Defence Forces will visit secondary schools in different parts of Ireland to discuss their work.