The Teaching Council
Ireland · state board · Department of Education and Youth
37 listed seats
| Claire Ní Mharcaigh Chair | Chairperson | 2024–2028 first appointed 2018 |
| Adrian Guinan | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Adrieanne Healy | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Aileen Horkan | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Aine Lynch | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Andy Pike | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Anne Loughnane | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Bryan O'Reilly | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Catherine Furlong, Prof. | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Clodagh Kelly | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Clodagh O'Hara | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| David Fagan | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| David O'Sullivan | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Desmond Cogan | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Edel Polly | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Fergal McCarthy | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Fiona Crowe, Dr | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Geoffrey Browne | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Grainne Conachy | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 first appointed 2022 |
| Hazel O'Connor-McWey | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Hugh Murphy | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Jean Beswick Duignan | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 first appointed 2022 |
| Joseph McKeown | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Liam O'Neill | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 first appointed 2022 |
| Maeve McCarthy | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Marcella Nic Niallaigh | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Mary Curley | Deputy Chairperson | 2024–2028 first appointed 2020 |
| Mary Kelly, Dr | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Máire Kenefick | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Neil O'Sullivan, Dr | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Noel Cronin | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 first appointed 2020 |
| Padraig Curley | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Patrick Knightly | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
| Paul Moroney | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 first appointed 2020 |
| Rene O'Malley | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Tony Hall, Prof. | Ordinary Member | 2026–2030 |
| Ursula O'Connor | Ordinary Member | 2024–2028 |
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.