EU Foreign Ministers have agreed a comprehensive package of measures to help the Tunisian government tackle terrorism and to develop its economy - to provide employment options for young people.
It comes in light of the terrorist attack in Sousse last month, in which 38 people - including 3 Irish people - were killed.
Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said the EU wants to support the democratic structures in Tunisia, which the fundamentalist terrorists are seeking to fatally undermine.
He said Ireland and our EU colleagues want to work with Tunisia - to help the Government there to overcome the serious challenges it faces.