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