Fórsa staff

All Fórsa staff can be contacted through the union contact page, see the link below each staff profile. Remember to include the name of the staff member you wish to contact on the staff form.

Top management team

Kevin
Callinan
General Secretary
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Éamonn
Donnelly
Deputy General Secretary & head of Civil Service division
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Matt
Staunton
Deputy General Secretary
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Senior management team

Richy
Carrothers
Head of the Local Government & Local Services division and head of the Municipal division
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Ashley
Connolly
Head of the Health & Welfare division
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Linda
Kelly
National Secretary for Health and Social Care Professionals, Pharmacy and Statutory Regulation (Health and Welfare division)
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Ryan
McKinney
Head of Fórsa's Strategic Change project
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Katie
Morgan
Head of Services & Enterprises division
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Andy
Pike
Head of Education
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Catherine
Keogh
National Secretary - coordination of action on Union Conference decisions
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Assistant General Secretaries/Directors

Barbara
Anderson
Education - Further and Higher Education including the NETB, Higher Education, and Education No.1
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Maura
Cahalan
Local Authorities and Municipal - Municipal Employees’ branch, councils and local services within Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin, Kildare, Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan.
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Lynn
Coffey
Health & Welfare - HSE Dublin and North East regional health area.
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Michelle
Connaughton
Health & Welfare - North West region (Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim branches)
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Lisa
Connell
Services & Enterprises - Cabin Crew and An Bord Pleanála
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Thomas
Cowman
Health & Welfare - HSE Dublin and South-east region (Carlow, Kilkenny including the Craft Council, Waterford Health and Wexford)
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Ruairí
Creaney
Services & Enterprises - IALPA, RSA, and members and branches in North / South bodies.
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Ruth
Crowley
Strategic Change Project
Fiona
Dunne
Director of Membership Training & Development
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Pat
Ennis
Civil Service - Depts of Public Expenditure; NDP Delivery and Reform; Finance; an Taoiseach; Transport; Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Tourism; Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media; the Office of the President; the Houses of the Oireachtas; the Office of the Ombudsman; GSOC; the Office of Public Works
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Liz
Fay
Health & Welfare - HSE South West regional health area.
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Una
Faulkner
Civil Service - Revenue
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David
Field
Services & Enterprises - IAA, AirNav, Health & Safety Authority, EIR, Communications, Publications and Terminology, and State Enterprise No. 1.
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Eugene
Gargan
Services & Enterprises - Coillte, Marine, IAESA, An Post, and Fáilte Ireland branches.
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Chris
Harrison
Local Authorities - councils and local services within Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford City and County, Wexford and Wicklow.
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Mary
Hurley
Civil Service - Department of Justice, Department of Housing, Department of Transport (Aviation Marine Radio Officers), Data Protection Commission, Office of the Attorney General, Chief State Solicitors Office, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Legal Aid Board
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Denis
Keane
Health & Welfare - Divisional office with focus on corporate areas.
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Derek
Kelleher
Local Authorities - councils and local services within Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
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Michael
Kerrigan
Health & Welfare - Southern part of HSE West and North-west regional area
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Shane
Lambert
Education - SNAs, School Secretaries, School Caretakers, and School Completion Programme.
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Ian
McDonnell
Civil Service - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (including Agriculture No. 1, Agri Labs, PAIBs and DPIs); State Laboratory; Department of Foreign Affairs; OCFA
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Seán
McElhinney
Director of Membership
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Clíodhna
McNamara
Civil Service - Dept. of Education, Dept. Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the NSSO, Valuation Office, and Civil Service membership information unit
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Michael
McNamara
Health & Welfare - HSE Mid West regional health area.
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Paul
Mac Sweeney
Civil Service - Department of Social Protection, including Medical Assessors
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Tony
Martin
Health & Welfare - Tusla and professional groups in children, family and social care areas
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Jim
Mitchell
Civil Service - An Garda Síochána, the Courts Service, Tailte Éireann.
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Paul
Moyer
Civil Service - Dept. Defence, Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications, Dept. Health, Dept. Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Dept. Rural and Community Development (including the Charities Regulator), the Prison Service, Public Appointments Service, Professional Accountants, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, FGE grades, Civil Service No.1 branch, and the Central Statistics Office.
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Padraig
Mulligan
Local Authorities - councils and local services within Galway City, Galway County (including Ballinasloe), Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath.
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Hazel
Nolan
Strategic Change Project
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Deirdre
O'Connell Hopkins
Services & Enterprises - Teagasc, Community Employment, Local Enterprises, Premier Lotteries, Injuries Board, Cultural Institutions (National Libraries, National Museum Professional, Dublin Science and Arts attendants, Chester Beatty, INMA, NCH), Uisce Éireann and cState Enterprise No. 1 Branch.
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Louise
O'Hara
Health & Welfare - Boards and Voluntary Agencies (not encompassed by HSE regional areas), Dublin Care Services, and Irish Youth Justice
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Adam
O’Maolagáin
Health and Welfare - HSE Dublin and Midlands regional health area
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Hannah
Deasy
Director of Member Communications
Kate
O'Sullivan
Director of Digital
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Niall
Shanahan
Media Relations Director
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Eddie
Walsh
Local Authorities - councils and local services within Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick City and County.
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Kevin
Donoghue
Director of Campaigns
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Rebecca
Woolf
Director of Human Resources and Staff Development
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Industrial Relations Officers/Lead Organisers

Dylan
Archbold
Health & Welfare - IRO, HSE Dublin and South East regional health area.
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Bernie
Aston
Lead Organiser, Strategic Organising and Civil Service
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Helen
Cousins
Health & Welfare - IRO, southern half of the HSE West and North West regional health area
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Siobhán
Curran
Health & Welfare - IRO, Dublin and North East regional health area.
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Gary
Honer
Education - IRO
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Donna
Mooney
Civil Service - IRO Departments of Social Protection, Justice, Agriculture and the Revenue Commissioners
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Amy
Moran
Local Authorities - IRO, Dublin and the North East
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Sarah
O'Leary
Health & Welfare - IRO, HSE South West regional health area.
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Olajide
Ogidan
Health & Welfare - IRO, the HSE Dublin and Midlands regional health area.
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Jay
Power
Local Authorities - IRO, Dublin and the North East, Municipal Employees
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Seamus
Ryan
Education - IRO, schools in southern region.
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Dave
Sexton
Education - IRO, schools in northern region.
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Jim
Sheridan
Services & Enterprises - IRO
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Seamus
Smith
Health & Welfare - IRO South regional area
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Organisers/Officers

Khalid
El-Busaidy
Senior Membership Recruitment Officer
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Roland
Kennedy
Health & Welfare - Dublin Care Services, and Boards and Voluntary Agencies branches
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Diarmaid
Mac a Bhaird
Education - Schools, South Dublin/South Leinster
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Joan
McCrohan
Education - Schools, Munster
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Roisin
Nolan
Membership training and development
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Noreen
O'Mahony
Assistant IRO Education - Munster and Connaught/Ulster
Linda
O'Sullivan
Assistant IRO Education - Schools, North Dublin/North Leinster
Eileen
Smith
Services & Enterprises - Cabin Crew
Paul
Walsh
Strategic organising: Cork and South Tipperary health branches
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