Ambassador Noel Kilkenny attends Conference of Irish Ambassadors in Dublin

During the Conference of Ambassadors, which was attended by Ireland’s Ambassador to Greece, A review of Ireland’s foreign policy: The Global Island: Ireland’s Foreign Policy for a Changing World, was launched by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD.

The Conference looked at the variety of challenges facing the Department of Foreign Affairs and Missions abroad. The Embassy in Greece is actively engaged in addressing those challenges.

Our 80 offices around the world maintain diplomatic relations on behalf of Ireland with 178 states. This network is critically important to our ongoing economic recovery. This conference, representing the Global Island, focused on how we can best deliver on the Government’s ambitious agenda in support of economic growth and prosperity and in protecting and promoting Ireland’s people and interests overseas.

The three day conference brought together more than 90 Irish Ambassadors, Consuls General and senior diplomats with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Government Ministers, as well as representatives of Irish companies, other Government departments, the State Agencies, third level institutions and the creative sectors.

EU High Representative, Ms Federica Mogherini delivered a keynote address to the conference, following her meeting with Minister Flanagan at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at which they discussed major global issues including Ukraine, Syria and the Ebola crisis.