Autor: Micheál Smith

Micheál Smith was born in Dublin and studied Psychology at UCD to postgraduate level before embarking on a varied career as a diplomat with Ireland»s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was privileged to work as Irish government observer and a liaison for the families at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry and London. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the Irish embassy in Malaysia, where he was commended for his consular work following the 2004 tsunami. While in the department»s Anglo-Irish Division, and at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Belfast, he developed a reputation for sound analysis of British-Irish security issues including the overall security context. Micheál relocated permanently to Belfast where he retrained then worked as a mental health and disability advocate. Eventually he came to work with the Pat Finucane Centre as an advocate, where he works with victims, survivors, and families bereaved as a result of the conflict on the island of Ireland. He is author, for the Pat Finucane Centre, of The Impact of the Parachute Regiment in Belfast 1970-73.