[citation needed] Currently, the Philippine embassy in Ireland are represented via London (United Kingdom), with an honorary consulate based in Dublin.

Until comparatively recent times the story of Ireland–Philippines relations was that of a flow of Irish Catholic missionaries to the Philippines.

Mr. Garrett is the third honorary consul to Ireland, previously serving as director of operations under his predecessor Mark Congdon.

[citation needed] On 30 May 2009, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo swore in Ariel Abadilla, as the Philippine's first full-time resident ambassador to Ireland.

[11] Ambassador Abadilla presented his letter of credence on 29 June 2009 to the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese at a ceremony held at the State Reception Room of Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park, Dublin.