Ghana's Ambassador to Ireland Presents Credentials

H.E. Mr Isaac Osei, Ambassador to Ireland, with residence in London, has presented his Letters of Credence to the Irish President, Mrs Mary McAleese at the Presidential Palace, Aras an Uachtarain.

Mr Isaac Osei, resplendent in ‘edwinebi si ebi so’ kente, was accompanied by his wife Mrs Marian Osei and Mr Martin Quansah, Minister, (Political and Economic).

He was driven to and from Aras an Uachtarain by an escort of honour consisting of a 27-man motorcycle detachment drawn from the Second Cavalry Squadron of the Cathal Brugha Barracks – Dublin. He later inspected a guard of honour mounted by a detachment of the Irish Air Defence Forces Training Centre.

Those present at the ceremony included Mr. Dermont McCarthy, Secretary-General to the President; Mr John Neary - Assistant Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs; Mr Brian Nason - Chief of Protocol; and his Deputy, Mr Joseph Brennan.

Presenting his credentials, Ambassador Osei extended the felicitations of the President, H.E. Mr. J.A. Kufuor to the government and people of Ireland and stressed the need for the two countries to strengthen not only political ties but commercial and economic linkages.

Ambassador Osei noted the tremendous transformation which had taken place in Ireland over the last two decades and added that the people of Ghana would derive considerable inspiration and lessons from them.

Responding to a toast proposed by Mr Joseph Brennan, Deputy Chief of Protocol, at a reception attended by Irish businessmen with links in Ghana, members of the diplomatic corps, invited dignitaries and a number of Ghanaians, Mr Osei hoped the ensuing years would see the intensification of co-operation in all fields for the mutual benefit of peoples of the two countries.

While in Dublin, Ambassador Osei held fruitful discussions on a wide range of issues with senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Business and Employers Confederation, the Industrial Development Agency, the Economic and Political divisions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Counsellor Maurice Aheen, Deputy Mayor of Dublin.