22nd September 2020 Dublin, Ireland
This is my last blog as Ambassador to Ireland. There are so many topics that I could cover but I wanted to focus on just 3 that are personal to me: GAA Before coming to Ireland, I had not appreciated the significance of the GAA but I quickly got an introduction to football at the […]
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3rd July 2020 Dublin, Ireland
By endurance we conquer – what Shackleton can teach us today We have all had to find sources of inspiration to help us in the last few months. Mine came on one of many local lockdown walks in Dublin, when I passed a house with a plaque to “the Antarctic Explorer and Leader of Men”, […]
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2nd June 2020 Dublin, Ireland
Many people have asked me how an Embassy can operate virtually. After all, diplomacy is something of a contact sport. The answer lies in a combination of good IT, a great team, lots of imagination and creativity, a network of contacts, a lot of hard work and, crucially, by recharging your mobile phone at every […]
22nd April 2020 Dublin, Ireland
I wanted to reflect on the Coronavirus crisis, the tragic loss of so many lives around the world and on actions that need to be taken to defeat the virus. The enormity of what is happening is incredibly difficult to come to terms with. Just like everybody else, I have never known anything like this […]
31st January 2020 Dublin, Ireland
Today, the UK is leaving the EU. It is a significant moment. We want a new positive partnership between the UK and the EU. And we want to strengthen the unique and hugely important relationship between the UK and Ireland, which matters so much to all of us. What will change from 31 January? It […]
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3rd September 2019 Dublin, Ireland
I am now back from my summer break. After three weeks in Poland and Austria, I took off from Vienna in 34 degree heat and landed back in Dublin, where the temperature was 15C. I knew I was home. But I was also aware that our summers are getting warmer and generally drier. While that […]
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15th July 2019 Dublin, Ireland
Welcome to the first edition of my blog. I intend to use it to share both reflections on important policy issues and some more personal impressions from my experiences here in Dublin and right across the beautiful country of Ireland. Today, however, I would like to focus on the incredibly important topic of media freedom. […]
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18th February 2016 Dublin, Ireland
The curtain has just fallen on the GREAT Energy Summit, one of our major events of the year in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). This year, as I wrote earlier in the week, the Summit was in Warsaw, so I saw at first hand the amount of work that went into making it such a […]
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17th February 2016 Dublin, Ireland
The GREAT Energy Summit kicks off this morning, with more than 200 energy sector specialists from the UK and from across Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) coming together in Warsaw. Although the event is in Poland, it will present the opportunities that exist for UK companies across the whole of CEE – and, in turn, […]
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18th December 2015 Dublin, Ireland
There is no doubt that cyber security is of growing importance to countries around the world with demand for high quality technology and services booming. Poland is no exception. Last week I spoke at a well-attended cyber security event at the British Embassy in Warsaw. I used this great opportunity to discuss the importance of […]
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