title: Pádraig Murphy
text: # Pádraig Murphy
  
  Pádraig Murphy is a former Irish diplomat.
  
  Murphy was born in Cork. He received a BA from UCC and an MA from Sheffield University.
  
  In the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade he served as Ambassador to the USSR and Finland (1981-85), as Political Director of the department, (1985-91), Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1991-98), to Spain (1998-2001) and to Japan (2001-2005). He retired in 2005.
  
  In 2012 he served as the OSCE Chairmanship's Special Representative for the South Caucasus.
  
  Murphy chairs the Foreign Policy Group of the IIEA and is a member of its Germany Group.
  
  He is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.
  
  