Irish Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
05.01.2011
Sir John Holmes, who was knighted in 1999 primarily for his role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the Good Friday Agreement is one of the key speakers at an international conference taking place in UCC on January 7th-8th 2011. An international panel of senior politicians, diplomats and academics will take part in a conference organised by UCC’s School of History on the history of Irish Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.

Sir John Holmes will speak on Anglo-Irish relations. Dr Garret FitzGerald will review the development of Irish foreign policy mainly in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The long-serving Irish diplomat, Noel Dorr, will give a paper on Ireland and the United Nations. Professor Joe Lee will speak about Ireland and the United States. Dr Michael Kennedy, Executive Editor of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series, will give a lecture on new archival findings on Ireland's role in World War Two. There will also be papers on Ireland and France, Ireland and Germany and Ireland and India.

The conference begins on Friday at 2.30pm and continues until Saturday evening. The conference, which will be held in Boole 2, is open to the public. There is no charge for attendance. For details, visit: http://www.ucc.ie/en/humanitiesprtli4/IrishDiplomacy/conferences/Programme

Enquiries to Patrick Kiely, patrickiely@gmail.com

January 5^th 2011

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