PM Modi in Ireland: As it happened

Dublin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ireland on Wednesday on the first leg of his two-nation trip to Ireland and United States. In Ireland, PM Modi held talks with the Taoiseach of Ireland, Enda Kenny.

Dublin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Wednesday on the first leg of his two-nation trip to Ireland and United States. 

During his nearly five-hour stopover en-route to the US, Modi, who is the first Indian PM to visit Ireland in 59 years, held talks with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny after which he hoped that Ireland's visa policy will be sensitive to the requirements of India's IT firms.

Here are the updates:

23 September 2015

21:13 IST

PM Modi emplanes for New York on the second leg of his two nation tour, tweets MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

Slan Ireland! A historic visit ends, PM @narendramodi emplanes for New York on the second leg of his 2 nation tour. pic.twitter.com/Dn6uKJdDpA

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) September 23, 2015

21:10 IST

Overwhelmed by the community programme in Dublin. Recital of Shlokas in Sanskrit by children was very touching, PM Modi tweets.

Spoke about growing global optimism towards India & how India's youth will take India to newer heights of progress - PM writes in another post.

Overwhelmed by the community programme in Dublin. Recital of Shlokas in Sanskrit by children was very touching. pic.twitter.com/H9xUTmTupu

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 23, 2015

Spoke about growing global optimism towards India & how India's youth will take India to newer heights of progress. http://t.co/IvCe9bWzni

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 23, 2015