Appointment of members to the Teaching Council
The Council has 37 members and 16 of these are registered teachers who are elected by teachers.
The appointments follow an election which took place during February and March 2020, and the nomination of members by the bodies designated in the Teaching Council Acts, 2001-2015. The nominating bodies include the Higher Education Institutions, teacher unions, school management, parents’ councils, IBEC and ICTU, as well as Ministerial appointees.
The Council looks forward to continuing its important work to promote and regulate professional standards in teaching, for the benefit of the profession and the public.
The members of the Teaching Council are:
Michelle Keane (Chairperson)
Elected - Primary - Dublin
Anne Mulcahy (Deputy Chairperson)
Elected - Post Primary - ETB - Ireland South
Jean Beswick Duignan
Nominee - TUI
Kathleen Burke
Elected - Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Ireland South
Gráinne Conachy
Ministerial Appointee
Mary Rose Cremin
Ministerial Appointee
Noel Cronin
Elected - Post Primary - ETB - Ireland South
Mary Curley
Elected - Primary - Munster
Michael Delargey
Nominee - Ministerial Appointee ICTU
Eamon Dennehy
Nominee - ASTI
Dr Niamh Dennehy
Nominee - UCC
Catherine Doolan
Elected - Primary - Leinster
Niall Duddy
Elected - Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Ireland North
Dr Declan Fahie
Nominee - UCD
Mai Fanning
Nominee - NPC - Post Primary
Prof Niamh Hourigan
Nominee - MIC
Anne Howard
Elected - Community and Comprehensive Sector - All of Ireland
Rosena Jordan
Elected - Primary - Connaught/Ulster
Gerry Leydon
Ministerial Appointee
Anne Loughnane
Nominee - ASTI
Áine Lynch
Nominee - NPC - Primary
Mary Magner
Nominee - INTO
Peter McCabe
Elected - Primary - Dublin
Fergal McCarthy
Nominee - ACCS
Paul Moroney
Elected - Primary - Munster
Catherine Moynihan
Nominee - JMB
Seán Ó hArgáin
Nominee - Gaeloideachais
Prof Teresa O Doherty
Nominee - MIE
Ciaran James O Donnell
Elected - Post Primary - ETB - Ireland North
Seán Ó Dubhlaing
Elected - Primary - Leinster
Séamus Ó Fearraigh
Nominee - TUI
Liam Ó Néill
Nominee - Ministerial Appointee
Seán O Neill
Elected - Post Primary - Voluntary Sector - Ireland South
Bryan O Reilly
Nominee - CPSMA
David O Sullivan
Nominee - INTO
Eamonn Shaughnessy
Elected - Primary - Connaught/Ulster
Tracie Tobin
Elected - Primary - Munster
If you have any queries regarding the Council or any specific queries, please call us on (01) 6517900, or email info@teachingcouncil.ie.
