Noel Dorr

Noel Dorr is former secretary-general of the department of foreign affairs in the Republic of Ireland. He was Ireland's permanent representative at the United Nations (1980-83) and ambassador in London (1983-87)

Garret Fitzgerald: politics for the public good

A singular period in Irish public life marked by visits from Britain's queen and America's president has also seen the death of Garret Fitzgerald, leading statesman and former Taoiseach (prime minister). Noel Dorr, Ireland's former ambassador to the United Nations and London, reflects on Fitzgeral

By Noel Dorr

/ 30 May 2011