10 Facts About Mahon Hayes

Francis Mahon Hayes was an Irish lawyer and ambassador.

Mahon Hayes was educated in University College Dublin and King's Inns.

Mahon Hayes was appointed legal adviser to the department in 1970.

Mahon Hayes is best remembered for his role in matters relating to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Mahon Hayes played an important part as Ireland's representative at that conference, and was chosen to represent about 30 other countries on issues of shared concern.

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Mahon Hayes later wrote a history of Ireland's role in the Conference.

In 1977 Hayes became Ambassador to Denmark, while still attending the Law of the Sea Conference which lasted until 1982.

Mahon Hayes subsequently became head of mission at the UN, first at Geneva and later in New York.

Mahon Hayes served on the International Law Commission 1987 -1991, the only Irish person to have done so.

Mahon Hayes acted as consultant to the Palestinian Authority on the drafting of a constitution and advised the Institute for European Affairs on a constitution for the EU.