FORMER Irish Ambassador to Britain Dan Mulhall has been appointed as the Republic's representative to the United States.
On the recommendation of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan, Mr Mulhall was one of more than a dozen new Irish ambassadors appointed today.
He will be replacing the current US ambassador Anne Anderson, who is retiring. Ms Anderson became the first female Irish envoy to the US in January 2013.
Born in Waterford and educated in University College Cork, Mr Mulhall first entered the civil service in 1978 as a third secretary in the department of foreign affairs, before working his way up to becoming the ambassador for Malaysia in 2001.
In 2009, Mr Mulhall was named as the official envoy to Berlin, before becoming the 14th Irish Ambassador to Britain, in September 2013.
Previously, he had been closely associated with the Dublin government's approach to Northern Ireland policies.
Following June’s Brexit vote, Mr Mulhall made a public statement on the issue in which he said Dublin will work closely with the British government and the Northern Ireland Executive as co-guarantors of the peace process.
Making the announcement, Charlie Flanagan highlighted the importance advancing Ireland's "critical partnership with the USA".
