Meeting and greeting: who will represent both sides

Who will make up the British and Irish delegations

Who will make up the British and Irish delegations

The Irish greeting party at Áras an Uachtaráin today will be:

Taoiseach Enda Kenny;

Irish Ambassador to Britain Bobby McDonagh and his wife Mary;

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Government secretary general Dermot McCarthy;

Department of Foreign Affairs secretary general David Cooney;

secretary general to the President, Adrian O'Neill;

deputy secretary general to the President, Loughlin Quinn;

adviser to the President Maura Grant;

Army Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Sean McCann;

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan;

Brig Gen Denis Murphy, GOC 2nd Eastern Brigade;

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

Queen’s entourage will include:

William Hague MP, secretary of state, foreign and commonwealth office;

Julian King , the British ambassador, and his wife Lottee Knudsen;

the Honorable Mary Morrison, CDVO, lady-in-waiting to the Queen;

Diana, Lady Farnham, lady-in-waiting to the Queen;

Christopher Geidt, private secretary to the Queen;

Edward Young, deputy private secretary to the Queen;

Brig Archie Miller-Blackwell, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh;

The Earl of Rosslyn, Commander Peter Loughborough, QPM, head of royal protection;

Surgeon Captain David Hett, medical officer to the Queen;

Maj Dan Rex, Equerry;

Ms Claire Tynte-Irvine, private secretary to the secretary of state.