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Year in Review 2016 - My Year in 2016

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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has nearly 1500 officers working in 90 offices in Ireland and around the world. Click through below to meet some of our staff, and find out about what they worked on in 2016.

Clare Brosnan

Claire Coughlan

Claire Coughlan

Irish Aid - Limerick

Elizabeth Coyle

Elizabeth Coyle

Embassy Canberra

Fintan Coyle

Passport Office, Dublin

Emer Deane

Permanent Representation of Ireland, Brussels

Eimear Friel

Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Brian Glynn

Embassy Brasilia

James Hennessy

Embassy Riga

Laura Leonard

Evaluation and Audit Unit

Brian Maxwell

CSD/Service Officer

Sarah McCabe

Asia Pacific Unit

Aoife Murphy

Embassy Maputo

Nuala Ni Mhuircheartaigh

Nuala Ni Mhuircheartaigh

Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, Geneva

Fearghal Ó’Maolagáin

Fearghal Ó’Maolagáin

Security, Coordination and Compliance Unit

Brendan Watters

Brendan Watters

Human Resources I

Colin Wrafter

2016 retiree