British ambassador to Ireland focusing on energy, infrastructure and security

Kara Owen said she was 'really pleased' to be taking on the job in the context of improved relations between Britain and Ireland

Kara Owen is the new British ambassador to Ireland. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA

The “threats facing all of us have changed”, the British ambassador to Ireland has said, as she declared London is “very happy” to partner on security issues in the Irish Sea and beyond.

Kara Owen became the British Ambassador to Ireland in September, months after Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British prime minister Keir Starmer announced a programme of co-operation as part of a desire to reset relations.