Chandigarh, Aug 18 - Ireland is 'the safest gateway' for Indian corporates to enter the European market and is ready to provide 'any kind of help' to Indian investors, a diplomat from that country said here Tuesday.

'Ireland offers a congenial environment for Indian businesses to thrive by providing the safest gateway to enter European market,' Ireland's Ambassador to India Kenneth Thompson said.

'Presently there is 500-million-euro ($705 million) trade between India and Ireland and still there is a tremendous scope to enhance our bilateral trade,' he told reporters on the sidelines of a business meet organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Thompson said Indians are the largest immigrant group in Ireland with a good presence in the fields of education, medicine and IT.