Members of the Press Council
Chairman:
Prof Thomas Mitchell, former Provost of Trinity
College Dublin. He is currently a director of Atlantic
Philanthropies and chairman of the board of St James's Hospital. He
is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the American
Philosophical Society.
Independent members:
Séamus Boland, chief executive of Irish Rural
Link. He is also a member of the National Social Economic Council
and the National Economic Social Forum. He is a member of the
community and voluntary pillar of the National Social
Partnership.
Mary Kotsonouris, solicitor and former District Court judge. She is currently a director of the board of Regtel Premium Telecommunications Services Ltd. She has published a number of legal books and a wide range of articles in academic journals and newspapers.
John Horgan, human resources consultant. He is a former chairman of the Labour Court and worked in the institution for 12 years. He has also held senior management positions in the aviation, computer and pharmaceutical industries.
Maeve McDonagh, solicitor and associate professor of law in UCC. She has specialised in the area of freedom of information law and human rights and privacy law. She is a member of the Freedom of Information Users Advisory Committee.
Dr Eleanor O'Higgins, senior lecturer in the UCD School of Business. She is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a director of Transparency International Ireland and of the Marine Institute. She also chairs the ethics education committee of the US Academy of Management.
Peter O'Mahony, former chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council. He was also a member of the board of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism and previously worked with charities in the developing world.
Industry members:
Rosemary Delaney, managing editor of multi-media
firm WMB (Women Mean Business) Publishing. She is a director of the
board of the magazine association PPA Ireland and has represented
magazines on the Press Industry Steering Committee.
Michael Denieffe, group managing editor of Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd. Previous positions include group news editor, Evening Heraldeditor, night editor of the Irish Independentand assistant editor of the Sunday Independent.
Martin Fitzpatrick, treasurer of the Irish Executive Council of the National Union of Journalists. He was one of two NUJ representatives on the Press Council Steering Committee. He retired from the Sunday Independentlast year after 26 years as business correspondent.
Michael McNiffe, editor of the Irish Sun. Previously he was deputy editor of the Irish Daily Mirror, assistant editor and senior reporter at the Sunday Worldand reporter for the Daily Starin London.
Eoin McVey, managing editor of The Irish Times. He is a director of Irish Times Ltd and has held a number of senior positions in the newspaper since he joined in 1978. Previous posts include editor of Business Extra, administration and planning editor and duty editor in the editor's office.
Frank Mulrennan, president of the Regional Newspapers and Printers Association of Ireland. He is group business development director with Celtic Media Group and director of operations with the Westmeath Examiner Group. He is a former editor of the Farming Independentand was Irish Independentbusiness editor.