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The University of Scranton and Times-Shamrock Communications will present a free, public lecture by David Donoghue, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations, on Tuesday, March 1. Ambassador Donoghue will discuss “Ireland’s Role in the World: Sustainable Development, Peace and Human Rights,” at the lecture that begins at 5:30 p.m. in the McIlhenny Ballroom of the DeNaples Center.

Ambassador Donoghue has served as Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations since 2013. He served as a co-facilitator with Kenya of major United Nations negotiations, which led to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015.

Ambassador Donoghue’s distinguished diplomatic career spans four decades. His diplomatic service began in 1975 in the Anglo-Irish Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He served there again on two other occasions and was involved in the negotiation of both the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement.

Ambassador Donoghue had postings to the Irish Embassy to the Holy See, the Irish Embassy to Germany, the Irish Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Irish Embassy in London. He also served as Irish Ambassador to Germany, Irish Ambassador to Austria and the Vienna-based United Nation agencies, and Irish Ambassador to Russian Federation, with side accreditations to Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In addition, he was seconded to the French and Italian Foreign Ministries as part of a support service for what is today the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy.

He served as Director-General of the Irish Government’s development cooperation programme (known today as Irish Aid).  From 2009 to August 2013, Ambassador Donoghue was the Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin. Born in Dublin, Ambassador Donoghue holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the National University of Ireland.

For information about the lecture, contact the Office of Community and Government Relations at 570-941-4419.