Pádraig Murphy is a former Irish diplomat.
He received a BA from UCC and an MA from Sheffield University.
[1] 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).
[1] In 2012 he served as the OSCE Chairmanship's Special Representative for the South Caucasus.
[3] He is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.