Editing Dublin (section)

==International relations==
Dublin city council has an International Relations Unit, established in 2007. It works on hosting of international delegations, staff exchanges, international promotion of the city, twinning and partnerships, work with multi-city organisations such as [[Eurocities]], economic partnerships and advice to other Council units.<ref name="DCC_IntlRels">{{cite web |title=International Relations |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit |website=Dublin City Council |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002933/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Twin and partner cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland}}
Dublin is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with five places:<ref name="Facts about Dublin">{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-press-and-news/facts-about-dublin-city |title=Dublin City Council: Facts about Dublin City |publisher=Dublin City Council |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711014408/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-press-and-news/facts-about-dublin-city |archive-date=11 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Dublin Info">{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit |title=Dublin City Council: International Relations Unit |publisher=Dublin City Council |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002933/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dublincity.ie/managing-our-international-relationships | publisher = Dublin City Council | title = Managing our International relationships – City twinning | date = 26 June 2018 | access-date = 28 August 2018 | quote = ''We are currently twinned with four cities: Beijing (The People's Republic of China) – Twinned since 2010 [..] Barcelona (Spain) – Twinned since 1998 [..] Liverpool (United Kingdom) – Twinned since 1997 [..] San José (United States of America) – Twinned since 1986'' | archive-date = 25 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190525193612/http://www.dublincity.ie/managing-our-international-relationships | url-status = live }}</ref>
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|- style="color:white;"
! ! style="background:#659ec7; width:10%;"| City
! ! style="background:#659ec7; width:15%;"| Nation
! ! style="background:#659ec7; width: 5%;"| Since
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|! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;"| '''[[San Jose, California|San Jose]]'''
|! ! style="text-align:center;"| United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=925 |title=Sister City Program |publisher=City of San José |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524232806/http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=925 |archive-date=24 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|! !| 1986
|-
|! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;"| '''[[Liverpool]]'''
|! ! style="text-align:center;"| United Kingdom<ref name="liverpool1">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Community_and_living/Twinning/index.asp |title=Liverpool City Council twinning |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=23 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706031557/http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Community_and_living/Twinning/index.asp |archive-date=6 July 2010 }}</ref>
|! !| 1997
|-
|! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;"| '''[[Barcelona]]'''
|! ! style="text-align:center;"| Spain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w3.bcn.es/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,229724149_257345983_3,00.html |title=Ciutats agermanades, Relacions bilaterals, L'acció exterior |publisher=CIty of Barcelona |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=23 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429103055/http://w3.bcn.es/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,229724149_257345983_3,00.html |archive-date=29 April 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Barcelona">{{cite web |url=http://w42.bcn.cat/web/en/noticies-i-premsa/noticies/actives/Barcelona-City-Council-signs-cooperation-agreements-with-Dublin-Seoul-Buenos-Aires-and-Hong-Kong.jsp |title=Barcelona City Council signs cooperation agreements with Dublin, Seoul, Buenos Aires and Hong Kong |publisher=Ajuntament de Barcelona |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=29 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903221013/http://w42.bcn.cat/web/en/noticies-i-premsa/noticies/actives/Barcelona-City-Council-signs-cooperation-agreements-with-Dublin-Seoul-Buenos-Aires-and-Hong-Kong.jsp |archive-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|! !| 1998
|-
|! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;"| '''[[Beijing]]'''
|! ! style="text-align:center;"| China<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/dublin-signs-twinning-agreement-beijing |title=Dublin signs twinning agreement with Beijing |publisher=Dublin City Council |date=2 June 2011 |access-date=11 February 2012 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002608/http://www.dublincity.ie/dublin-signs-twinning-agreement-beijing%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dublin-officially-twinned-with-beijing-1.586352 |title=Dublin officially twinned with Beijing |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=3 June 2011 |access-date=8 July 2014 |first=Clifford |last=Coonan |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719160324/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dublin-officially-twinned-with-beijing-1.586352 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref>
|! !| 2011
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|! ! style="background:lemonchiffon;"| '''[[Ramallah]]'''
|! ! style="text-align:center;"| Palestine<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/news/dublin-city-twinned-ramallah-palestine|title=Dublin City twinned with Ramallah, Palestine|publisher=Dublin City Council|date=7 December 2023|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
|! !| 2023
|}

The city also has "friendship" or "co-operation agreements" with a number of other cities: [[Moscow]] (since 2009) and [[St Petersburg]] (since 2010) in Russia and [[Guadalajara]] in Mexico (since 2013),<ref name="IntRels_linked">{{cite web |title=International Relations |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit |website=Dublin City Council |access-date=29 May 2020 |quote=Dublin is currently twinned with:  San José (1986) Liverpool (1997) Barcelona (1998, Addendum in 2009 for 2 years) Beijing (2011) ... a less formal commitment between two or more cities.  Dublin currently has the following agreements:... |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107002933/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture/international-relations-unit%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Dublin Info"/> and has previously proposed an agreement with [[Rio de Janeiro]] also.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/beijing-twinning-will-promote-dublin-property-for-investment-1.577565 |title=Dublin was also in talks with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil about twinning with that city |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=21 May 2011 |access-date=1 June 2011 |first=Clifford |last=Coonan |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927113340/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/beijing-twinning-will-promote-dublin-property-for-investment-1.577565 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/mexican-city-to-be-twinned-with-dublin-says-lord-mayor-1.1343005 |title=Mexican city to be twinned with Dublin, says Lord Mayor |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=29 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330062241/http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/mexican-city-to-be-twinned-with-dublin-says-lord-mayor-1.1343005 |archive-date=30 March 2013 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> Previous agreements have included those with [[Mexico City]] (2014−2018), [[Tbilisi]] in Georgia (2014−2017) and [[Wuhan]] in China (2016−2019).