About Us Who We Are Council Council What is Council?An Taisce holds Council meetings several times a year. Council has two main areas of responsibility: oversight of An Taisce’s Board, and providing a forum for discussing and feeding into the development of An Taisce’s evidence-based environment, heritage and planning policy. Council also provides a space for Local Association delegates to raise and discuss matters of shared concern.Council is made up of delegates of Local Associations, members elected at the AGM, co-opted members, the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary, the President, and the immediate Past President. All members of Council are members of An Taisce. You can see the current list of Council members below. COUNCIL MEMBER ROLE Fr Sean McDonagh SSC President Prof John Sweeney Immediate Past President Alan Price Carlow Local Association Delegate Anny Wise Clare Local Association Delegate Damon Matthew Wise Clare Deputy Delegate, Co-opted 2019 Kevin Hurley Cork Local Association Delegate Anne McGowan Donegal Local Association Delegate Gerald Tomkin Dublin South Local Association Delegate (River Dodder to Stillorgan Road) Mairead Mehigan Dun Laoghaire Local Association Delegate Rebecca Jeffares Dun Laoghaire Deputy Delegate Derrick Hambleton Galway Local Association Delegate TBC Kerry Local Association Delegate Tadhg Hanifin Kerry Deputy Delegate Declan Murphy Kilkenny Local Association Delegate Mary Brennan Kilkenny Deputy Delegate Margaret Monaghan Meath Local Association Delegate Jean Carr Meath Deputy Delegate John Logan Limerick Local Association Delegate TBC Northwest Local Association Delegate Charles Stanley Smith Tipperary North Local Association Delegate Kathleen Vandenberghe Tipperary North Local Association Deputy Delegate Jack O’Sullivan Westmeath Local Association Deputy Delegate Phil Kearney Chair Judy Osborne Elected 2018 (Wicklow) Dr Mark Clinton Co-opted 2016, Elected 2018 (Fingal) Geoff Power Elected 2018 Kevin O'Farrell Elected 2019 Eric Conroy Elected 2019 Patricia Oliver Re-elected 2019 Nick Armstrong Elected 2019 Ruaidhri O'Boyle Elected 2019 Eamonn Moore Co-opted 2019 Stuart McCaul Co-opted 2019 (Honourary Secretary) Trish O'Connell Co-opted 2019 (Vice Chair) Robin Mandal Elected 2021 Liam Murtagh Elected 2021 Gerry Crilly Elected 2021 Kate Carmody Co-opted 2021 Karen Mahon Co-opted 2021 Manage Cookie Preferences