Eamon Delaney

Eamon Delaney (born 14 July 1962) is an Irish author, journalist[1] and former diplomat.[2][3][4] According to the Irish Independent, the book "ruffled feathers" within the Irish diplomatic corps.[3]

Delaney was a student in University College Dublin (UCD). He was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society from 1985 to 1986. Post university, he he served Ireland as a diplomat from 1987 until 1995.[5] Having left the Irish diplomatic corps, he became a full-time author. His first novel was The Casting of Mr. O'Shaughnessy. He later published an account of his eight years as a diplomat, called An Accidental Diplomat: My Years in the Irish Foreign Service 1987–1995 (ISBN 1-902602-39-0).[6] Irish journalist Thomas O'Dwyer describes Delaney's wit as "wicked" and his 2001 book An Accidental Diplomat as having been, "a runaway bestseller."[7][8]

Delaney has also worked as a freelance author for a number of publications, including the Irish Independent and The Irish Times, as a writer on television and on foreign affairs. He was editor of the final incarnation of Dublin news and opinion magazine Magill Magazine since its relaunch in late 2004 until its closure in 2009.[3]

In 2009 Delaney published a book focusing on the life of his late father, the sculptor Edward Delaney entitled Breaking the Mould.[4][9][10]

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References

  1. ↑ Walker, Stephen (10 April 2014). "Martin McGuinness: Banquet attendance about reconciliation". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Purdy, Martina (10 July 2014). "Work may need to be done on Stormont structures". BBC. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ambassadors are being told to revive Ireland's battered image abroad". Irish Independent. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dwyer, Ciara (3 January 2010). "New Tone in the art of fatherhood". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Dwer, Ryle (4 August 2007). "An Irish honours system would be a one-way road to further corruption". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ↑ McManus, Luke (12 July 2001). "An Accidental Diplomat by Eamon Delaney (book review)". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ O'Dwyer, Thomas (26 September 2002). "Barrels of anthrax, no laughs". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bestsellers". Irish Times. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Enduring Irish sculpture". Village (magazine). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Siggins, Lorna (8 July 2013). "Sculpture donated to international artist’s home town". Irish Times. Retrieved 22 April 2015.