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Article: Ambassador sees learning opportunity: Joseph Lynch, Ireland's Ambassador to Switzerland, talks to Swiss News about Swiss-Irish relations and the life of an Ambassador.(Expat Profile)
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- October 1, 2005
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Joseph Lynch has been Ambassador of Ireland to the Swiss Confederation for nearly two years. He has spent almost his entire career in the Irish Diplomatic Service.
He has been posted to many cities and countries around the world, including Rome, London, Beirut, Jeddah, Washington and Brussels. Prior to his current posting, he was Ambassador in Nigeria, a country in vast contrast to Switzerland: "I moved from an enormous country to a small country, from a developing country to one that is very sophisticated. Switzerland has a highly evolved democracy, while Nigeria is in the process of democratising."
Lynch is also Ambassador to the Principality of ...