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Ireland · state board · Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

13 listed seats

Sean Aylward Chair Chairperson 2024–2027 first appointed 2019
Barry O'Connor Ordinary Member 2026–2031
Dearbháil Lawless Ordinary Member 2024–2029
Deirdre McDonnell Ex-Officio, CEO 2026–2031
Jim Meade Ordinary Member 2024–2029
Kevin Marshall Ordinary Member 2022–2027
Michael Murphy Ordinary Member 2024–2029
Niall O'Donnellan Ordinary Member 2023–2028
Orla Coughlan Ordinary Member 2024–2027 first appointed 2019
Patrick Atkinson Ordinary Member 2024–2029
Sheila Gallagher Ordinary Member 2023–2028
Siobhán O'Shea Ordinary Member 2022–2027
Susan Colley Doyle Ordinary Member 2024–2029

About this record

This is the State Boards register as published: every board listed under every government department on the official site. Appointments and vacancies change over time, so this is a snapshot of the register on the date shown, not a live feed.

People are shown as named on the board record. Ireland publishes no person identifier alongside these appointments, so this register does not claim that the same name on two boards is the same person.

Source: membership.stateboards.ie, the State Boards membership register published by the Government of Ireland, retrieved 23rd July 2026. Reproduced as published, in our own structure and wording. An independent register, not affiliated with any government department. For information only.