Ambassador
Ambassador Barbara Cullinane
Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU
Barbara Cullinane, from Mullingar, is Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union. Prior to taking up this post she was Director of Policy Coordination in the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2019-2021. She was Director of Strategy, Governance and Change at the Department’s headquarters from 2017-2018, and served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Ireland in London from 2012 to 2017. She has covered Brexit and Northern Ireland issues, and also worked on multilateral affairs and international development at HQ and at the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN in New York. She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and UCD Smurfit School of Business.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Entered the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs as a Third Secretary in 1997
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November 2021 |
Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU, Brussels |
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February 2019 |
Director of Policy Coordination, Office of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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September 2017 |
Director of Strategy, Governance and Change, HQ |
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September 2012 |
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, London |
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September 2009 |
Director of Thematic Policies and Special Programmes, HQ (Development Cooperation Division) |
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March 2009 |
European Correspondent, Headquarters (Political Division) |
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February 2007 |
Deputy Director, Conflict Resolution Unit, Headquarters (Political Division) |
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March 2006 |
Department of Finance, Dublin |
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July 1999 |
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN, New York |
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August 1997 |
Headquarters (Political Division) |
Educated:
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) – Trinity College Dublin, 1995
- Masters in Management – UCD Smurfit School of Business, 2008