Staff & Executive

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee members are listed here.

Dublin Office

General Secretary - David Begg

David Begg became General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2001. For five years prior to that he was Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organisation working in 27 countries and with offices in Dublin, London, Belfast, New York and Chicago. He is also a Director of the Central Bank (since 1995), a Governor of the Irish Times Trust, non Executive Director of Aer Lingus, a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), and of the Advisory Board of Development Co-operation Ireland. He also sits on the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

Assistant General Secretary - Sally Anne Kinahan

Programme Manager General Secretary’s Office - Eileen Sweeney

Communications Officer - Macdara Doyle

Economic Advisor - Paul Sweeney

Industrial Officer - Peter Rigney

Industrial Officer – Public Sector - Liam Berney

Industrial Officer – Private Sector - Fergus Whelan

Equality Officer - David Joyce

Legal & Social Affairs Officer - Esther Lynch

Disability Champions Project Officer - Jane Clare

Finance & Administration Officer - Frank Vaughan

Finance/HR Programme Manager - Paula McGrath

Accountant - Pat Quinn

Director of Learning - Frank Vaughan

Training Officer - Congress Centres - Sylvia Ryan

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Anne Casey

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Mick Corrigan

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Séamus Dowling

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Barbara Keogh

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Mary Guihen

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Hugh MacConville

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Denise McBride

Union Skills Network Regional Coordinator - Mary Muldowney

Administrative Staff - Fiona Elward

Administrative Staff - Marian Flynn

Administrative Staff - Natalie Fox

Administrative Staff - Louisa Gavin

Administrative Staff - Una Herbert

Administrative Staff - Deirdre Keogh

Administrative Staff - Jan Roche

Administrative Staff - Mary Twohig

Belfast Office

Assistant General Secretary - Peter Bunting

Union Services Officer - Industrial Political - Tom Gillen

Union Services Officer - Equality & Social Affairs - Pauline Buchanan

Union Services Officer – Workplace Education Learning - Clare Moore

Union Services Officer - Communications - John O'Farrell

Project Worker - Workplace Education Learning - Gillian Belch

Project Worker - Workplace Education Learning - Kevin Doherty

Project Worker - Migrant Workers - Kasia Garbal

Administrative Staff - Laura Neill

Administrative Staff - Jacqui McGonagle