The Irish Parliament's speaker underlined that his country is ready to boost wide-ranging ties with Iran. "There is a need for expansion of mutual cooperation between Dublin and Tehran," Sean O Fearghail, chairperson of the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament), said in a Friday meeting with Iranian Ambassador in Dublin Javad Kachouyan, Fars News Agency reported. "The Irish people are interested in Iran's culture and civilization."