The Affinia Hotel, 371 Seventh Avenue, New York City, on November 7-8, 2007
Presented by: Irish America Magazine | The American Ireland Fund | University College Dublin
Presented by: Irish America Magazine | The American Ireland Fund | University College Dublin
4. Speaker Profile
Niall BurgessConsul General of Ireland
Biography
- Born in Dublin
- Trained as an archaeologist
- Married (Marie Morgan) with two children
- Served in Chicago Consulate from 1987 to 1991
- Served at Consulate New York - liaison with IIRM - in 1991
- Private Secretary to Foreign Minister, Dick Spring, 1993-1997
- Irish Mission to UN in Geneva, 1997-1999
- Brussels, European Union 2000-2004
- Joint Director, International Fund for Ireland, 2005-2006
- Director, Anglo-Irish Division, 2005-2007