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Embassy Of Ireland, Berlin
The Embassy of Ireland in Berlin (German: ''Botschaft von Irland'') is the diplomatic mission of Ireland to Germany. It is located at 51 Jägerstraße since 2009. The current Ambassador to Germany is Dr. Nicholas O’Brien who has served in this role since August 2019. He previously served as the Deputy Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Embassy History The first Irish diplomatic mission in Germany was established in 1929 on Drakestraße, near Tiergarten. This building was destroyed in an air-raid during World War II. In 1951, Ireland opened an Embassy in Bonn, which was the ''de facto'' capital of West Germany. This embassy was eventually moved to Friedrichstraße, Berlin in 2000 after German Reunification. Building The embassy occupies part of 51 Jägerstraße. This building was built by the Mendelssohn family in 1789. In 1939 it was, along with a number of other buildings on Jägerstraße, forcibly sold to the German Reich. List of Ambassadors * Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomatic Missions Of The Republic Of Ireland
Ireland has diplomatic relations with 161 other governments. Ireland has numerous embassies and consulates abroad. Honorary consulates and the overseas offices of Irish state agencies, namely Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and Tourism Ireland, are omitted from this listing. Current missions Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Multilateral organisations Gallery File:Embassies, Athens.jpg, Building hosting the embassy in Athens File:Irish Embassy in Beijing.JPG, Embassy in Beijing File:Jaegerstrasse.51.jpg, Embassy in Berlin File:Irische Botschaft in Bern.jpg, Embassy in Bern File: Bank Center, Budapest, Lipótváros, Hungary - panoramio (2).jpg, Embassy in Budapest File:Embasy of Ireland to Australia July 2014.jpg, Embassy in Canberra File:Gefion og Gylfe.JPG, Embassy in Copenhagen File:Erottajankatu 7 Helsinki.JPG, Building hosting the embassy in Helsinki File: Delegation of the EU to Ukraine.jpg, Building hosting the embassy in Kiev File:EdifÃcio Victà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomatic Missions Of The Republic Of Ireland
Ireland has diplomatic relations with 161 other governments. Ireland has numerous embassies and consulates abroad. Honorary consulates and the overseas offices of Irish state agencies, namely Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and Tourism Ireland, are omitted from this listing. Current missions Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Multilateral organisations Gallery File:Embassies, Athens.jpg, Building hosting the embassy in Athens File:Irish Embassy in Beijing.JPG, Embassy in Beijing File:Jaegerstrasse.51.jpg, Embassy in Berlin File:Irische Botschaft in Bern.jpg, Embassy in Bern File: Bank Center, Budapest, Lipótváros, Hungary - panoramio (2).jpg, Embassy in Budapest File:Embasy of Ireland to Australia July 2014.jpg, Embassy in Canberra File:Gefion og Gylfe.JPG, Embassy in Copenhagen File:Erottajankatu 7 Helsinki.JPG, Building hosting the embassy in Helsinki File: Delegation of the EU to Ukraine.jpg, Building hosting the embassy in Kiev File:EdifÃcio Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Relations Of The Republic Of Ireland
The foreign relations of Republic of Ireland, Ireland are substantially influenced by its membership of the European Union, although bilateral relations with the United States and United Kingdom are also important to the State (polity), state. It is one of the group of smaller nations in the EU, and has traditionally followed a Irish neutrality, non-aligned foreign policy. Ireland has historically tended towards independence in foreign military policy, thus it is not a member of the NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and has a The Emergency (Ireland)#Neutrality, longstanding policy of military neutrality. According to the Irish Defence Forces, the neutrality policy has helped them to be successful in their contributions to United Nations peace-keeping missions since 1960 (in the Congo Crisis) and subsequently in Cyprus, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Main relationships United Kingdom Since at least the 1100s Ireland, as a result of military conquest, has had po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Relations Of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is a Central European country and member of the European Union, G4, G7, the G20, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It maintains a network of 229 diplomatic missions abroad and holds relations with more than 190 countries. As one of the world's leading industrialized countries it is recognized as a major power in European and global affairs. History Primary institutions and actors Federal Cabinet The three cabinet-level ministries responsible for guiding Germany's foreign policy are the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Federal Foreign Office. In practice, most German federal departments play some role in shaping foreign policy in the sense that there are few policy areas left that remain outside of international jurisdiction. The bylaws of the Federal Cabinet (as delineated in Germany's Basic Law), however, assig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Collins (diplomat)
Michael Collins (born 25 June 1953, Dublin, Ireland) is a retired Irish diplomat. Collins retired after his tenure as Ambassador to Germany (2013-2019). He was also Ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013, Saudi Arabia from 1995 to 1999 and to the Czech Republic from 1999 to 2001. As of 18 November 2019, he has been Director General of The Institute of International and European Affairs The Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) ( ga, An Institiúid Gnóthaà Idirnáisiúnta agus Eorpacha) is an Irish policy think tank focusing on European and international policy trends based in Dublin, Ireland. It is known for .... Collins attended Blackrock College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. References External linksBrexit: The human dimension of mission possible Ambassadors of Ireland to Germany Ambassadors of Ireland to the United States Ambassadors of Ireland to the Czech Republic Ambassadors of Ireland to Saudi Arabia Alumni of Trinity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mulhall
Daniel Mulhall (born 8 April 1955) is a retired Irish diplomat and a former Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. He has also been Ireland's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia. Education Born in Waterford, Ireland, Mulhall studied at University College Cork. He received a BA degree degree in 1975, a Higher Diploma in Education in 1978, and an MA in history in 1979. Career Mulhall joined Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs in 1978 as Third Secretary in the Economics Division. He then moved to the department's Development Cooperation Division, and was later posted in 1980 to the embassy in New Delhi. In 1983, Mulhall moved back to Dublin to work in the Political Division. Mulhall then became First Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Vienna, followed by a posting to the Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels in 1990. In 1995, he became Counsellor of the Press Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1998, he was instal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McDonagh
Bob McDonagh (23 March 1924 – 3 May 2015) was an Irish diplomat, two of whose sons, Philip McDonagh and Bobby McDonagh, also served in the Irish diplomatic service. Early life McDonagh was born in Tralee, but grew up in Sandycove, County Dubin. He attended the Presentation Brothers school in Glasthule and joined the Irish civil service as a clerical officer. Career When Seán MacBride became head of the Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland), Department of External Affairs in 1948, he expanded the department and McDonagh entered as Third Secretary. An Anglo-Irish Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland), Department of Foreign Affairs was set up for the first time in early 1972 and McDonagh became its head. As such, he was involved closely in talks that eventually led to the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973. He became Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1973. In 1977 he became Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs but it was not a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aloysius Belton
John Aloysius Belton (1903–1968) was an Irish diplomat. Details *From 1926 to 1934 he practised laws on the Midland Circuit *In 1934 he joined the diplomatic service of Ireland and became the first secretary to the Irish Embassy in Paris. *From 1941 to 1946 he was a legation councilor to the Legation of the Republic of Ireland in London. *In 1946 he was Chargé d'affaires in Stockholm. *From 1946 to 1949 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Madrid. *From June 1951 to March 1955 he was Ambassador in Bonn. *From 1964 to 1967 he was Ambassador in Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ....Dermot Keogh, Ireland and Europe, 1919-1948, Gill & MacMillan, Limited, 1988, 256 p.p. 27/ref> References 1903 births 1968 deaths Ambassadors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Cremin
Cornelius Christopher Cremin (6 December 1908 – 20 April 1987) was an Irish diplomat who was born in Kenmare, County Kerry. One of four children, Cremin was born to a family that operated a drapery business. His brother, Francis Cremin, became a leading academic canon lawyer who framed a number of key church documents. He was educated at St. Brendan's College, Killarney, and from 1926 at University College Cork, where he graduated with a first-class degree in Classics and Commerce. Around 1929–30, he was awarded the post-graduate University College Cork Honan scholarship. By 1930, he had attained a degree in economics and accountancy. For the following three years he studied in Athens, Munich and Oxford and had attained a travelling scholarship in classics. He subsequently entered the Department of External Affairs after he had succeeded in the competition for third secretary in 1935. In April 1935, he married Patricia O'Mahony. His first position in Dublin involved work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bewley
Charles Henry Bewley (12 July 1888 – 1969) was an Irish diplomat. Raised in a famous Dublin Quaker business family, he embraced Irish Republicanism and Roman Catholicism. He was the Irish envoy to Berlin who reportedly thwarted efforts to obtain visas for Jews wanting to leave Nazi Germany in the 1930s and to move to the safety of the Irish Free State. Family and early life He was born into a wealthy privileged family, the eldest of four brothers, in Dublin, Ireland. His mother was Elizabeth Eveleen Pim. Her family owned a large department store in George's Street, Dublin. His father was physician Dr. Henry Theodore Bewley (1860-1945), related to the family that operated the successful " Bewley's cafés" chain of coffee houses in Dublin that is still famous today. His parents were both Quakers; Charles and his brothers were raised as Quakers. He was educated at Park House, a boarding school in England. In 1901 he won a scholarship to Winchester College. He became the Library P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
