An Taisce Council is a national forum for joined-up environmental and heritage policy development by volunteers. Council has a role in governing the charity because it appoints and dismisses the charity's Trustees and represents members' interests between AGMs. Council also elects volunteers annually as the Chair and Vice Chair of An Taisce, and the Speaker of Council.

Council is made up of the President and the former Presidents, the Chair of An Taisce, the Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary, delegates of our Local Associations, members elected at the AGM, representatives of our policy committees, and co-opted members. All members of Council are members of An Taisce.

You can see the current list of Council members below. By profession, they are artists, farmers, scientists, business people, activists, writers, historians, lawyers, conservationists, archaeologists, architects, and public health experts.

An Taisce holds Council meetings five times a year. 

COUNCIL MEMBER	ROLE	LOCAL ASSOCIATION
Stuart McCaul	Chairman
Patricia O'Connell	Vice Chair
Philip Kearney	President
Fr Sean McDonagh	Former President	Meath
Prof John Sweeney	Former President	Kildare
Éanna Ní Lamhna	Former President
Sinéad Mercier	Elected
Dr Patrick Bresnihan	Elected
Áine O'Gorman	Elected
Dr Nick Armstrong	Elected
Kate Carmody	Elected	Kerry
Eric Conroy	Elected
Gerry Crilly	Elected
David Geary	Local Association Delegate	Limerick
Saoirse McHugh	Elected
Rebecca Jeffares	Local Association Interim Delegate	Dun Laoghaire
Robin Mandal	Elected
Miriam Mooney	Elected
Karen Wise	Local Association Delegate	Clare
Geoffrey Clarke	Local Association Delegate	Meath
Liam Murtagh	Elected	Monaghan
Jack O'Sullivan	Local Association Interim Delegate	Westmeath
Geoff Power	Elected
Damon Matthew Wise Âû	Elected	Clare
Brian Hamilton	Local Association Delegate	Kilkenny
Dr Thomas Muinzer	Co-Opted
Colm Desmond	Local Association Interim Delegate	Cork

Last updated 12/09/2023