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Noel Dorr

Date of Birth: 1 November 1933
Address: Dublin

Noel Dorr is a retired Irish diplomat. During his career in the Department of Foreign Affairs he served as permanent representative of Ireland to the UN (1980–3) and Irish representative on the Security Council (1981–2); Irish ambassador to the UK (1983–7); and secretary general of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1987–95). After his retirement, he was the Irish representative on the official-level working groups that drafted the EU treaties of Amsterdam (1996–7) and Nice (2001). He has written three previous books: Ireland at the United Nations: The Early Years (IPA, 2010); A Small State at the Top Table (IPA, 2011); and Sunningdale: The Search for Peace in Northern Ireland (Royal Irish Academy, 2017). He was educated in the National University of Galway (from which he holds an honorary doctorate) and Georgetown University, Washington DC. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He grew up in Foxford, County Mayo, and he now lives in Dublin. Source: Commons

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