Derek Hannon

Derek Hannon (3 August 1960 –) is an Irish diplomat.

Quotes

• We are not seeing 90 percent of people going to Mass on Sundays as they did in the past. Perhaps what we are seeing today is a more honest representation of peoples' true faith. I think maybe a lot of it in the past was social convention.
  • Ireland's Embassy to the Holy See celebrate St. Patrick's day (15 March 2019) Rome Reports

• Even if we were to be able to cancel St Patrick's Day in Ireland, which of course is ridiculous, and we never would, it would still continue around the world.
  • Ireland celebrates ‘virtual’ St Patrick’s Day (17 March 2021) Vatican News

• The EU sees the Holy See as a promoter of justice in the world and a defender of human rights. My sense is that the Holy See views the EU as a zone of stability and as a stabilising force in an increasingly fractured international landscape.
  • Ireland participates in Iter Europaeum initiative (30 May 2021) Vatican News