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The Council

The Council is multi-stakeholder. It is made up for 25 people drawn from five sectors;

the State sector,
economic sectors,
environmental NGOs,
social/community NGOs
the professional/academic sector

Comhar’s council members are appointed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, for a period of three years, on the basis of nominations made by a range of bodies. The council meets four times a year at plenary. Minutes from the plenaries are available on the website in the documents section.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government also appoints the Chairperson of Comhar. The current chairperson of Comhar is Professor Frank Convery.

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Council Members

Prof Frank Convery Chairman Comhar, Sustainable Development Council E: T:
Mr John Mc Carthy Pillar 1 – State/Public Sector Environmental Network of Government Departments E: T:
Mr Matt Crowe Pillar 1 – State/Public Sector Environmental Protection Agency E: T:
Ms Mary Stack Pillar 1 – State/Public Sector Failte Ireland E: mary.stack(AT)failteireland.ie T: +353 1 8847201
Ms Jackie Maguire Pillar 1 – State/Public Sector Organisation of Local Authority Managment (Leitrim County Council) E: T:
Ms Shirley Clerkin Pillar 1 – State/Public Sector The Heritage Council (Monaghan County Council) E: heritage(AT)monaghancoco.ie T: +353 47 73722
Dr Claire Penny Pillar 2 – Economic Sectors Business in the Community (IBM) E: pennycla(AT)ie.ibm.com T: +353 1 815 3093
Ms Finola McDonnell Pillar 2 – Economic Sectors Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation E: T:
Ms Emer Dunne Pillar 2 – Economic Sectors Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association E: T:
Mr Pat Farrell Pillar 2 – Economic Sectors Irish Farmers’ Association E: T:
Ms Mairead Cirillo Pillar 2 – Economic Sectors Small Firms Association (Environmental Business Advice) E: T:
Mr Jack O'Sullivan Pillar 3 – Environmental NGOs Irish Environmental Network E: T:
Mr Frank Corcoran Pillar 3 – Environmental NGOs Irish Environmental Network (An Taisce) E: T:
Mr David Korowicz Pillar 3 – Environmental NGOs Irish Environmental Network (Feasta) E: dkorowicz(AT)yahoo.com T:
Ms Molly Walsh Pillar 3 – Environmental NGOs Irish Environmental Network (Friends of the Earth) E: T:
Mr Pat Finnegan Pillar 3 – Environmental NGOs Irish Environmental Network (Grian) E: T:
Ms Ann Irwin Pillar 4 – Social / Community NGOs Community Workers Co-op E: T:
Ms Niamh Garvey Pillar 4 – Social / Community NGOs Dochas (Trocaire) E: T:
Mr Seamus Boland Pillar 4 – Social / Community NGOs Irish Rural Link E: T:
Ms Elaine Nevin Pillar 4 – Social / Community NGOs National Youth Council of Ireland (ECO UNESCO) E: T:
Fr Sean Healy Pillar 4 – Social / Community NGOs Social Justice Ireland E: T:
Dr Ciaran Byrne Pillar 5 – Professional / Academic Sector Royal Dublin Society (Central Fisheries Board) E: ciaran.byrne(AT)cfb.ie T: +353 1 8842602
Dr Sue Scott Pillar 5 – Professional / Academic Sector Royal Irish Academy (ESRI) E: sue.scott(AT)esri.ie T:
Prof Ray Bates Pillar 5 – Professional / Academic Sector Royal Irish Academy (UCD) E: ray.bates(AT)ucd.ie T: +353 1 7162421
Prof Vincent O'Flaherty Pillar 5 – Professional / Academic Sector Royal Irish Academy (UGC) E: T:
Ms Deirdre McGrath Pillar 5 – Professional / Academic Sector Royal Town Planning Institute (Limerick County Council) E: dee_mcgrath(AT)hotmail.com T: