By Eamon Delaney
John Le Carre meets invoice Bryson with a marginally of certain, Minister' - The Irish TimesEamon Delaney's debatable #1 bestselling exposé of behind the curtain existence on the division of international Affairs . From the lonely nights on the Soviet table to glamorous soirées in the course of Ireland's presidency of the rising ecu Union, Eamon Delaney stored his ear to the floor - an invaluable ability whilst wedged precariously among Iran, Iraq and Israel on the UN normal meeting. And extra precious nonetheless whilst, on the Irish Consulate, he travelled the unusual international of Irish the US, doing conflict with radical nationalists and having to delight in a painful volume of céilí dancing. . . after which there has been Northern eire, and the Peace strategy of 1993-1995, the place no quantity of eating, spying and manipulation used to be spared within the pursuit of the final word aim - the better strong of officialdom. Hilarious and from time to time lethal critical, An unintentional Diplomat deals a wry and irreverant view of the behind the curtain dealings at...
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Applications for permission should be addressed to the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Contents Prologue Section I: Ireland 1Joining Up 2EU Co-ordination 3‘Our good friends, the Iraqis’ 4The Soviet Desk 5‘Peaceful Co-existence’ 6EU Presidency 1990 7Tehran or Toronto: The Postings Lottery Section II: United Nations 8The World in One Room 9Horse-trading on Human Rights 10A Walk in the Garden 11Gulf War Section III: America 12Irish America 13Dancing for Ireland 14Greens Under the Bed 15Back to Ellis Island 16Protestors at the Gate 17High Season Section IV: Northern Ireland 18Bugs and Shredders 19Border Travels 20‘Our Friends in the North’ 21The Script Factory 22The Peace Process 23The Fall of Albert 24Buenos Aires or Bust Glossary For my mother, Nancy A diplomat is someone who thinks twice before saying nothing.
Pinned to the walls of people’s offices, you’d see an artful reminder of the old Ireland which, for most of us, was only a generation away. Tasteful black and white photos of decayed currachs and grizzled old men sucking on pipes, were put up next to the children’s artwork and the more ironically intended ‘man of destiny’ portraits of C J Haughey. As with the rest of the Civil Service, there were many Irish speakers. In our internal phone directory, a G after someone’s name denoted, not Gay as someone once told a gullible new officer (more of which anon) but Gaelic-speaking.
In keeping with the gleeful expectation of political changes in Foreign Affairs, some of the media also wanted cutbacks for ‘the gin-swilling diplomats’. Closing Embassies abroad made good copy, especially for the more populist evening papers. Or for the likes of Magill magazine, which, for some reason, particularly disliked the socialising associated with Anglo-Irish relations, even if this wining and dining of Tory backbenchers had lubricated the process of achieving the Anglo-Irish Agreement.