THE US ambassador to Ireland, Thomas C Foley, has attended hundreds of engagements since he took up his role in 2006 but he left his own engagement until last.
The ambassador, who will leave Ireland next Tuesday, announced his engagement to Leslie Fahrenkopf on Tuesday night.
Ms Fahrenkopf is a lawyer and is a vice-president and associate general counsel of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
Until June of this year she worked in the White House as special assistant to President Bush and associate counsel in the White House counsel’s office.
The ambassador was married previously and has an 18-year-old son, Thomas jnr.
Mr Foley announced the engagement at his farewell dinner for 400 people at the US ambassador’s residence in the Phoenix Park.
He has been involved in a series of farewell events in recent days and last Friday he paid a courtesy call to Taoiseach Brian Cowen to mark his departure.
Mr Foley is expected to return to business interests when he leaves his post.
Before entering government service, he gained more than 25 years of experience in senior management and founded a private equity investing business.
