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Year in Review 2015 - Meet Our Staff

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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has over 1,300 staff working in almost 90 offices in Ireland and around the world. Click through below to meet some of our officers, and find out about what they worked on in 2015.

Anne Anderson

Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland, Washington, USA.

Katie Carney

Missions Section, Passport Office, Cork.

Alan Farrelly

New Mission: Bangkok, Thailand.

Philip Grant

Consul General, CG San Francisco, USA.

Sharon Lennon

Consul General, São Paulo, Brazil.

Emile Makhlouf

Programme Adviser, Representative Office Ramallah, Palestine.

Eilís O'Neill

Consular Manager, Embassy Madrid, Spain.

Frank Power

Permanent Representation of Ireland to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Trevor Redmond

Assistant Legal Advisor, Legal Division.

Brendan Scannell

Brendan Scannell

Ambassador in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010-2014.

Neema Shosho

Nutrition Advisor, Embassy Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Carol Staunton

Trade Division, a new recruit in 2015.

Teresa Sweeney

Overseas Postings, Human Resources II.

Theresa Tuite

Diplomatic Corps Privileges and Immunities Section, Protocol Division.