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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

Published: 15th August, 2019

Updated: 4th April, 2022

Author: Phoebe Duvall

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