Irish diplomat, Ambassador-Designate to Canada, Jamaica and The Bahamas. Educated at St Paul’s College Raheny and University College Dublin, earning a PhD in modern Irish history from the National University of Ireland. Joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1986, serving in Anglo-Irish Division, Washington, New York, Jrish Aid, Political Division (UN Director and Director of the Conflict Resolution Unit), and Trade Division, Appointed Ambassador to Korea in 2009 and to Israel in 2013. All views expressed on this blog are personal and do not reflect the views of the Government of Ireland.
Eamonn McKee
Shalom and welcome to Israel from Northern Ireland Friends of Israel – http://www.nifi.org.uk
We wish you good luck and success in your new position – would welcome your reflection about relations between the Republic and Israel – as its often the subject of headlines and blogs in both countries. What can you tell us about what is going on underneath the headlines.
Also I would be grateful for the Irish government’s view on the call by the Teachers Union of Ireland in February 2013 for a boycott of Israeli scientists and academics and for Israeli students to be banned from educational visits to the Republic.
Many thanks
Steven Jaffe
Co chair NIFI