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NEW Ambassador has been nominated to the Irish Embassy in London.
David Cooney who currently heads Ireland’s United Nation’s
(UN) mission in New York has been nominated to succeed current Ambassador
to Britain Dáithí Ó Ceallaigh who is due to become
Ambassador to the UN in Geneva later this year.
The move comes following a government reshuffle of some of the most senior
positions in the diplomatic service.
Born in London in April 1954 Mr Cooney studied for a BA at the University
of Keele in Staffordshire.
He entered the Department of Foreign Affairs as a Third Secretary in April
1979.
He was part of the team involved in the negotiations which led to the
Belfast Agreement of 1998.
During his career at the Department of Foreign Affairs he has held posts
in Vienna, Brussels and Paris.
Mr Cooney is expected to take up his position during the summer.
Ambassador Ó Ceallaigh is replacing Paul Kava-nagh who has been
appointed Ambassador at UN headquarters in New York.
He entered the Department of Foreign Affairs as a Third Secretary on October
1, 1973.
During his career Ambassador Ó Ceallaigh has held posts in Zambia,
Moscow and Finland. He was appointed Irish Am-bassador to Great Britain
in September 2001.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said: “New ambassadors
have been nominated for Washington, London, the Vatican, the US and the
European headquarters of the United Nations.”
In addition an Irish Embassy will be opened for the first time in Malawi
which becomes the latest in Ireland’s list of priority countries
for the receipt of development aid.
New ambassadors are also being appointed in Athens, Helsinki and Council
of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.
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