Denmark–Ireland relations refers to the current and historical relations

Bilateralism

Bilateralism consists of the political, economic, or cultural relations between two sovereign states. For example, free trade agreements signed by two states are examples of bilateral treaties. It is in contrast to unilateralism or multilateralism, which refers to the conduct of diplomacy by a...

 between Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 and Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. Denmark has an embassy in Dublin, and Ireland has an embassy in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

. Diplomatic relations were established in January 1962. Both countries have since 1973 been members of the European Union

European Union

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.

20th century

During the 19th century, many historians have commented on the differences between the Danish and Irish economies. Both countries were mostly agricultural and both countries were great import countries of the British market. Especially, bacon, eggs and butter. So there were competition between the two countries. Even Horace Plunkett said in 1908; "I have always felt that Ireland a second Denmark was no bad
ideal for our reformers to set before them."

In 1943, Irish historian J.P. Beddy wrote: Many Irish historians and economists have compared the two countries; Raymond Crotty

Raymond Crotty

Raymond Crotty was an Irish economist and campaigner against Irish membership of the European Union. In 1987 he mounted a successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court against the government's attempt to ratify the Single European Act without reference to the people in a referendum.-Life...

 in 1966, Cormac Ó Gráda

Cormac Ó Gráda

Cormac Ó Gráda is an Irish economist, a professor of economics at University College Dublin, and a prolific author of books and academic papers....

 in 1977 and Joseph Lee in 1989.

Current relations

When both countries joined the European Union, Denmark opened an embassy in Dublin. Denmark lend 400 million euro

Euro

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 to Ireland in 2010 as a rescue deal.

Cooperation and trade

An air transport treaty was signed in 1947, between both countries. In 1993, both countries signed a double taxation treaty. In 2008, Danish export to Ireland amounted 5,8 billion DKK, while Irish exports amounted 5,9 billion DKK.

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