Staff and adviser lists

If you are calling from outside Ireland, please use your international dialing code + the country code for Ireland (353) + city code for Dublin (1).

For example to contact the Arts Council reception dial: + 353 1 618 02 00 or + 353 1 618 02 43.

Queries for the Arts Council Director or Chair should be emailed to reception@artscouncil.ie.

Architecture

Head	Fionnuala Sweeney	087 406 6681
Officer	Aoife Moynihan
Assistant	Aletta Meijer	087 230 9950

Aosdána and Artists' Support

Manager and Registrar	Karen Hennessy	01 618 0282
Assistant	Aidan White	087 406 3065

Arts Infrastructure

Head	Claire Doyle	087 443 3367
Officer	Michelle Cooney

Arts Participation

Head	Ann O'Connor	087 456 0362
Support Manager	Karen Whelan	087 251 2693
Officer	Aisling O’Riordan	087 647 6140
Assistant	Amy Delamere	087 295 1562

Circus

Circus Team	General Enquiries
Head (Part-time)	Laura Ivers	087 185 6173
Officer	Ciara Coyne	087 380 5059
Assistant	Ciara Coyne	087 380 5059
Adviser	Adam O'Keeffe

Corporate Services

Corporate Services Director	Aidan Burke	087 408 6886
Head of Investment Services	Caoimhe Ní Riagáin	087 467 6864
Data Protection and FOI Officer	Cathal Murphy	087 195 1805
Corporate Services Officer	Aoife Derwin	087 973 9061
Grants and Awards Officer	Sharon McGrane	(01) 618 0259
Agility Award Support Officer	Emily Gough
Grants and Awards Assistant	Rachel Jones
Payments Assistant	Aisling McKone	087 407 4331
Payments Assistant	Carla O’Driscoll
Payments Assistant	Tamara Gonzales Ibanez	087 611 3137
Facilities Manager	Keith Collinge	087 482 8623
Records Management	Pascal Letellier
Access Officer	Vanessa Carswell

Creative Schools

Programme Director	Mags Walsh	087 186 8101
Manager	Catherine Boothman	087 338 3706
Manager	Anne O'Gorman	087 457 8981
Manager	Grace Boon	087 114 0372
Manager	Sinéad Fraser	087 482 2885
Programme Manager	Maryellen Greene	087 964 6267
Officer	Natalie Byrne	087 278 6276
Officer	Lola Gaëtano	087 367 3949
Assistant	Rebecca Lam	087 124 3131
Creative Schools Assistant	Pauline Cosgrove	087 277 5863

Dance

Head	Lisa McLoughlin	087 406 3987
Officer	Elaine Connolly	087 069 3880
Assistant	Adele Kirwan	087 117 5134
Adviser	Victoria O'Brien

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Head	Leon Diop
Officer	Hannah Gordis	087 456 0858
Assistant	Carla Caravantes	087 407 2542
Access Officer	Vanessa Carswell	01 6180 200

Festivals

Head	Karl Wallace
Officer	Regina O'Shea	087 406 1862
Assistant	Vacant
Adviser	Vacant (Ulster and Leinster)
Adviser	Danielle Lynch(Connacht and Munster)

Film

Head	Fionnuala Sweeney	087 406 6681
Officer	Aoife Moynihan
Assistant	Aletta Meijer	087 230 9950
Adviser	Maretta Dillon

Finance

Deputy Director, Finance Director and Company Secretary	Martin O'Sullivan	086 804 4297
Senior Finance Manager	Emer O'Connor
Finance Manager	Frank Keogh	087 409 9780
Council Secretary and Pay and Pension Manager	Ciara Branagan	087 406 8449
Head of Governance	Kathy O'Reilly	087 116 3093
Support Manager	Sergiu Marian
Support Manager	Ellen Pugh	087 751 9775
Procurement Officer	Adam Behan
Finance Assistant	Mariette Huybregts	(01) 618 0223
Assistant	Mark Jackson
Assistant	Nicola McMahon	087 341 5503
Finance and Governance Officer	Anne Keenan	087 709 1777
Payroll Officer and Council Administrator	Cyntia Higashino	087 475 8395

Human Resources

HR Director	Ciara Joseph	01 618 0200
HR Manager	Adrienne Martin	01 618 0200
HR Officer	Máire Devaney	01 618 0200
HR Recruitment and Engagement Officer	Sabrina Monte	01 618 0200
HR Assistant	Marcos Felicio	01 618 0200
HR Assistant	Milena Skorupan	01 618 0200

International Arts

Head	Davide Terlingo	087 989 6780
International Arts Officer	Lucy Tevlin	087 475 8343
Creative Europe Officer	Aoife Tunney	087 204 2347

Irish Language Literature and Arts in the Irish Language

Head

Aisling Nic Artáin

Key Performing Arts Organisations

Head	Imelda Dervin	087 406 6404
Officer	Muireann Walsh	087 794 1044

Literature

Head	Sarah Bannan	087 765 9696
Support Manager	Audrey Keane	087 405 1543
Officer	Steffi Kelly	087 218 8326
Assistant	Aletta Meijer	087 230 9950
Adviser	Declan Hughes
Adviser	Cathal Póirtéir

Local, Place and Public Art

Interim Head	Katie Lowry	087 449 0471
Partnership and Project Officer	Suzanne Ring	087 750 6956
Local, Place and Public Art Assistant	Eimear Kelleher	087 913 2852

Multi-disciplinary Arts

Head	Aideen McCole	087 3733 488
Officer	Muireann Walsh	087 794 1044

Music

Head	Niall Doyle	087 406 4922
Support Manager	Tara Bolger	087 271 4679
Officer	Aine Kelly	087 407 5760
Assistant	Conor Murray	087 490 0716
Adviser	Conal Ryan
General Enquiries	Conor Murray	087 490 0716

Opera

Head	Niall Doyle	087 406 4922
Officer	Aine Kelly	087 407 5760
Assistant	Conor Murray	087 490 0716
Adviser	Paul McNamara
General Enquiries	Conor Murray	087 490 0716

Communications

Director of Communications	Tina Leonard	087 378 3012
Head of Press and Communications (On leave)	Joe Stuart	087 410 8751
Head of Press and Communications (Temporary)	Paul O'Connell	087 970 1559
Digital Marketing Manager	Joey Kavanagh	087 197 5326
Data Protection Manager	Aimee Stephens
Digital Media Officer	Megan McInerney	087 397 6460
Web Editor	Jennifer Lawless	087 405 0749
Press and Communications Officer	Sarah O'Keeffe	087 118 8157
PR and Communications Support	Andrew McSharry	087 406 4654
PR and Communications Support	Isis Cortes	01 6180 200

Senior Management

Arts Council Director	Maureen Kennelly
PA to Arts Council Director and Chair	Carla Caravantes	087 407 2542
Board Secretary	Ciara Branagan	087 406 8449
Deputy Director (Finance Director and Company Secretary)	Martin O'Sullivan	086 804 4297
Arts Director	Liz Meaney	086 249 8350
Arts Director	Stephanie O'Callaghan	087 284 0696
Arts Director	Sinead O'Reilly	087 360 8070
Strategic Development Director	Deirdre Behan	087 677 8473
Director of Communications	Tina Leonard	087 378 3012
HR Director	Ciara Joseph	087 406 8449
Corporate Services Director	Aidan Burke	087 408 6886
Creative Schools Programme Director	Mags Walsh	087 186 8101
Senior Finance Manager	Emer O'Connor
ICT Director	Colin Cooper	01 618 0200
Director, Business Transformation Programme	Polycarp Anyanwu	01 618 0200

Strategic Development

Strategic Development Director	Deirdre Behan	087 677 8473
Business Analyst	Niall O'Sullivan	087 195 1878
Strategic Development Manager	Monica Corcoran	087 205 5932
Head of Insight and Public Engagement (On leave)	Alice Ryan	087 749 6231
Programme Delivery Manager	Elaine Doyle
Strategic Development Manager	Toby Dennett	087 393 1946
Head of Content	Tony Higgins	087 951 7699
Data Manager	Chandini Chandra
Head of Programme Management Office	Maeve O’Brien
PMO Officer	Paul Spellman	087 482 8546
Public Policy and Spatial Planning Manager	Vacant
Spatial Mapping Officer	Emmet Roche
Strategic Development Officer	Louise Duggan	087 270 8971
Strategic Development Officer	Julie Dempsey	087 764 0924
Business Transformation Workstream Support Officer	Lola Gaetano	087 367 3949
Business Transformation Programme Support Officer	Caitlin O'Mahony
Policy Officer / Pay The Artist	Keith Thompson	087 925 3995
Research Officer	Siobhán Callaghan
Insight Officer	Amelia Blay
Measurement and Evaluation Officer	Vacant
Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion	Leon Diop
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer	Hannah Gordis	087 456 0858

Street Performance and Spectacle

Street Performance and Spectacle Team	General Enquiries
Head (Part-time)	Laura Ivers	087 185 6173
Officer	Ciara Coyne	087 380 5059
Assistant	Ciara Coyne	087 380 5059
Adviser	Adam O'Keeffe

Theatre

Theatre Team	General Enquiries
Head	David Parnell
Theatre Support Manager	Bea Kelleher
Officer	Maeve Giles	087 918 1620
Assistant	Patrick Meighan	087 453 0631
Adviser	Sara Keating

Touring

Head	Aideen McCole	087 3733 488
Officer	Muireann Walsh	087 794 1044

Traditional Arts

Head	Paul Flynn	087 121 7956
Officer	John Tierney	087 667 6598
Assistant	Katriona Furey
Adviser	Emer Mayock

Arts Centres

Head	Michael Barker Caven
Officer	Martin Rochford	087 707 8179
Assistant	Thaina Whelan
Adviser	John O'Brien

Visual Arts

Head	Claire Power	01 618 0280
Support Manager	Maeve O'Flaherty	087 407 7909
Support Manager	Éilis Lavelle	087 743 7067
Officer	Rita Hynes	087 749 6394
Officer	Chloe Maguire
Assistant	Justine Harrington
General Enquiries	Justine Harrington	087 461 3981
Adviser	Seán O'Sullivan
Adviser	Valerie Connor

Young People, Children and Education

Head	Seóna Ni Bhriain	087 407 1798
Support Manager	Louise Ward
Officer	Eimear Harte	087 479 2675
Assistant	Eva Comerford
Support Assessor	Bernadette Larkin
Adviser	Hannah Mullan

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Officer

Sean Stringer

087 640 6826

The Arts Council Collection

Head of Collection	Eoin Dara	087 249 3826
Collection Manager	Ben Mulligan	087 452 4358
Officer	Grace O'Boyle	087 096 9485
Adviser	Eamonn Maxwell
General Enquiries	Ben Mulligan	087 452 4358

ICT

ICT Director	Colin Cooper	01 618 0200
Director, Business Transformation Programme	Polycarp Anyanwu	01 618 0200
ICT Infrastructure Manager	Martin Whatley	01 618 0200
ICT Manager (Operations and Application Support)	David Roe	01 618 0200
ICT Manager (Network and Infrastructure)	Marcelo Campos	01 618 0200
ICT Helpdesk Supervisor	Declan Murray	01 618 0200
IT Infrastructure Officer	Omer Hughes	01 618 0200
Database Support Officer	Varuni Gururaja	01 618 0200
Applications Support Officer	Nathan Reyburn	01 618 0200
ICT Assistant	Vacant

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