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Myself and Teresa had a great morning chatting with the lads in The Brunner. They had some great questions. I have no doubt there are at least 3 future Irish Ambassadors among them! Irish Foreign Ministry #GlobalSchools #working4Ireland

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We fly our flag at half mast in Seoul in honour of Garda Kevin Flatley, who will be laid to rest today. Garda Flatley was killed in the line of duty in Dublin last Sunday. Ar dheis Dé do raibh a anam dílis

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ireland’s marriage equality referendum, I was honoured and moved to be able to give a speech at 사단법인 신나는센터 Pride Gala last night. Such an uplifting event, 🇮🇪 stands firm with our LGBTQI+ friends in 🇰🇷 🏳️‍🌈 #gráisthelaw #IDAHOBIT2025

Last week I got to spend some time with the always inspirational Art O'Leary as he delivered lectures 이화여자대학교 and Kyung Hee University 경희대학교 - perfect time to reflect on keeping democratic systems healthy and share experiences with deliberative democracy The Citizens' Assembly

Today was an important day- I officially graduated from 한국 study. 184.5 hours in total. It is what it is now, 혼자 from here on in 🥹.. I have enjoyed the journey, and learned a lot about 🇰🇷 in the process. 감사합니다, 선생님 Diane! #cltkorea

This has been an emotional week as we welcomed the relatives of the Columban Martyrs, 7 Irish priests who died in the Korean War, because they decided to stay and be with their parishioners, 75 years ago this year. Ar dheis Dé go raibh na n-anamacha dílís

Bravo for a wonderful performance by Robin at the World Premiere of #TheRisingWorld at the Seoul Arts Centre. A fully immersive experience, but at its core some truly awesome performances and phenomenal music #Irishtalent #opera

We had a fab visit today from Alison, Ann and Veronika from Trinity College Dublin's 🇰🇷 Society TCD Korean Society and also a small Trinity College Dublin gathering at the weekend. It's great to see enthusiasm about Korea growing among students in Ireland..

Yesterday I had a great time chatting to students at Jeohyeon High School- we covered a lot of topics relating to 🇮🇪🇰🇷and 🇪🇺. I received a very warm welcome. 감사합니다 for having me!

What a morning! Today over 200 people in 3 locations set early alarms to join our annual #Solas2025 dawn walk, to focus on mental health and raise funds for St John of God services. 🙏🏽 to teams in Seoul, Jeju and Busan for a great morning #itsokaytonotbeokay

We woke to sad news today, the passing of the legendary Fr Noel O'Neill, from Limerick. Noel came to Korea in 1957, & pioneered disability rights and services through the Emmaus Welfare Foundation in Gwangju. Ní bheid a leithéid arís ann. Rest in peace, Fr Noel Irish Columbans

There’s always something exciting about a polling day.. brisk voting at 8am this morning in my local polling station. Like the Irish, Korean people cherish their democracy. So many other peoples are denied it at this time, we must celebrate it where we can #Koreadecides

Last week we had our first ever Tourism Ireland industry promotion event in Korea. Great enthusiasm from our guests, and always fun to show off our beautiful island, north and south ☘️ visitnorthernireland Titanic Belfast Stena Line UKIE @kildarevillage #findyourselfinireland #homesick

At today’s 70th #MemorialDay event, newly-inaugurated President 이재명 reminded Koreans to ‘Never forget where our prosperity and freedom came from’. A very moving ceremony, honouring those who have fallen for Korea, including countless Irish. Privileged to be there #RIP

A busy couple of days as we welcomed Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon for a Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board trade mission to 🇰🇷. Always thrilling to promote the best of Irish produce- sustainable beef, Flahavan's Porridge porridge, Nutshed peanut butter and the best of Irish whiskey #TeamIreland

Some people are superstitious about Friday 13th, but mine was spent celebrating #mnásome women- Seoul sisters emotional farewells, launch of 🇰🇷 chapter of Independent Women's Forum and the last #Irishbookclub with the fab Patrice from our Irish Association! #visiblewomen #FridayThe13th

An uplifting (but hot!) day today as we celebrated the LGBTQI+ community in 🇰🇷, alongside #diplomats4equality, especially 🇫🇷🇧🇪 and of course #teamEurope. 10 years since #gráisthelaw in 🇮🇪 & we are proud to show support to the equality struggle globally 🏳️‍🌈 #loveislove #grá

Hey - Coupang 쿠팡 - there must be another way to wrap this? ⤵️ 6 layers of plastic and 1 polystyrene box for 1 bag of grapes ⁉️ Remember we only have one 🌏

Just recovering from a wonderful #TeamEU retreat to Mokpo. We visited Sr Gerardine Ryan’s wonderful work, learned about #Jeollanamdo plans for renewables & AI, & visited the 🌏 4th biggest shipyard. We did manage to work, but also had our last #노래방 with our dear Maria Castillo 🎶❤️