Department of Foreign Affairs Contact Details for London Blasts

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dermot Ahern, T.D. has expressed his most profound sorrow and concern at the blasts that have devastated public transport in London and resulted in the loss of life and serious injury. While we are not aware of Irish casualties at this point, the Department in collaboration with the Irish Embassy in London is closely monitoring the situation.

An Emergency Centre has been set up in the Department of Foreign Affairs. The emergency phone number is:

Emergency Phone Number

1800 242 548

An Emergency Centre has also been set up in the Irish Embassy in London for Irish citizens based in Britain. The Embassy's numbers for those citizens are:

0207 201 2508
or
0207 201 2501

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7 July 2005