Question: What key details about padraig mackernan can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: padraig '' paddy '' mackernan -lrb- 24 april 1940 -- 25 january 2010 -rrb- was an irish diplomat who served as secretary general of the irish department of foreign affairs as well as irish ambassador to both france and the united states and as an irish member of the eec and ec 's political committee and later the ec and eu 's committee of permanent representatives , and as an irish negotiator of the single european act and the maastricht treaty .
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- resting place is ballynahinch , county galway- death cause is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis- death date is 25 january 2010- birth date is 24 april 1940- name is padraig mackernan- nationality is irish- birth place is limerick , ireland- occupation is ambassador to france and the united states