PM Modi will be the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956 to visit the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he will head to Ireland this week en route to the United States, becoming the first Indian leader to visit Dublin in almost 60 years.
PM Modi will hold talks with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny on Wednesday before meeting members of the thousands-strong Indian community in Ireland during the one-day visit.
"We hope to further develop strong people-to-people and economic ties with Ireland in the years to come," PM Modi said in a post on Facebook.
PM Modi will be the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956 to visit the country.
He heads to the UN General Assembly in New York and will address a sustainable development forum before travelling to Silicon Valley seeking to promote his country as open for business.
PM Modi will meet Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and other Internet leaders as he pushes for investment in India's IT sector, after coming to power in May 2014 pledging to revive India's flagging economy.
"This visit seeks to build on the substantial ground covered during my last visit to USA and President Obama's visit to India early this year," he said in the post.