Geraldine Byrne Nason

Geraldine Byrne Nason graduated from Maynooth with a BA in English and Irish in 1980 and completed an MA in English in 1981. She is currently the Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York.  She took up this position in August 2017 on completion of her term as Ambassador of Ireland to France.  Previously she was Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach, Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, and Director of the National Forum on Europe.

Geraldine has had many achievements over the years including a WXN (Women’s Executive Network) award for being the highest ranking civil servant in Ireland.