Geraldine Byrne Nason, a graduate of Maynooth University, and Ireland Ambassador to France, is a career diplomat who has served as Ambassador in Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the EU, has been an international civil servant and Director for Governance at OECD Paris in the 1990s, and headed up Ireland’s National Forum on Europe.
From 2011 to August 2014 Geraldine Byrne Nason was Second Secretary General in the Taoiseach’s Department. Geraldine Byrne Nason was appointed by the new Irish Government in 2011, as the country’s most senior diplomat with responsibility for the country’s EU policy. She was also Secretary General with responsibility for Ireland’s Economic Management Council. Earlier in her career Geraldine Byrne Nason served at the Irish Mission to the UN in New York, and also spent time in Vienna, Geneva and Helsinki, when working on Disarmament issues.
Geraldine visited Maynooth this week and gave politics students from PO302 (Irish Public Policy) valuable insights into the impact of the financial crisis on Ireland's public policy making and the country's standing in Brussels and further afield. She urged students to consider careers in Europe where they could bring their knowledge and skills to bear to create a more equitable, functional and transparent European Union.
The photo shows Dr.Cathal Coleman and Ambassador Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason with students from PO302 Irish Public Policy.