Council
The IrFUW Council is the governing body of the IrFUW and is made up of the IrFUW President, her Vice President Secretary, Treasurer, the Correspondent for International Relations (CIR) and the Correspondent for European Relations (CER) . These Officials are elected at the Triennial General Meeting (TGM) and are nominated from the Associations on a rota basis which ensures that all Officers represent the interests of the wide range of Federation members. The University Associations President and Secretaries are also voting members of Council. Larger Associations may qualify for another voting delegate by virtue of the numbers in their membership.
The Council serves as the executive body of the Triennial General Meeting (TGM) and has the special duty of ensuring that the purpose and principles of the IrFUW are duly observed. The Council has the power between Triennial General Meetings to take all decisions necessary to the activities of the IrFUW. All such decisions are shall be reported to the TGM. The Council meets a minimum of three times per year.
At the Council meetings , which are open to all members of the IrFUW, reports are received from the Associations and from representatives of the other IrFUW activities such as the Public Speaking Competition, Advocacy, European and International developments and Communication such as the Newsletter and the Web. The Officers are responsible for ensuring that the decisions of Council are carried out. The minutes of the Council meetings are available to all members and are posted in the Members section of the Web.
Current Officers of IrFUW may be contacted through info@irfuw.org
IrFUW President Bernadette Doyle can be contacted through the secretary on irfuwsecretary@gmail.com
Members can access more details in the Members Area:
IFUW Council Officers 2025-2028
President: Bernadette Doyle (UCDWGA)
Vice President: Louise McMahon (QWG)
Past President: Gisèle Scanlon (TWG)
Secretary : Fiona Ahern (UCDWGA)
Linked Members Liaison: Heather Elliott
Treasurer: Yvonne McGarry Groarke (UCDWGA) (to be replaced by Trinity College candidate)
C.E.R.: Maire O’Connell (GAWG)
C.I.R.: Grace O’Malley (TWG)
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Newsletter: Colette Grant (UCDWGA)
National Women’s Council of Ireland: Nuala Ryan (UCDWGA)
Womens Forum (N.I): Carolyn Forster (QWGA)
Associations
Queens Women Graduates
President: Deirdre McCauley
Vice President: Aisling Cannon
Secretary: Angela Kelly
Treasurer: Vacant
Trinity Women’s Graduates
President: Julia Carmichael
Vice President:
Secretary :Angie Mezetti
Treasurer: Julia Carmichael (acting)
C.I.R and C.E.R: Gisèle Scanlon
Public Speaking: Majella Kelleher
University College Dublin Women Graduates Association
President: Annette Durkan
Vice President: Vacant
Secretary: Bernadette Doyle
Treasurer: Colette Grant
Committee members: Fiona Ahern. Margaret Watchorn, Niamh Hynes.
,Dr Yvonne McGarry Groarke
Nuala Ryan
Galway Association of Women Graduates
President: Mary O’Gorman
Vice President: Ann Brennan
Secretary: Margaret Curley
Treasurer: Helen Dorai-Raj
Public Speaking: Margaret O’Dwyer
C.E.R.: Maire O’Connell
UCC Women Graduates’ Association
President: Mary Morrissey
Vice President: April Murray Cantwell
Secretary: Emma Long
Treasurer: Mary Hurley
Deputy Treasurer: Siobhán Lehane
C.I.R.: Bettie Higgs
Public Relations Officer;: Indra R
Ordinary Committee Members: : Joan Downey, Felicity Lee, Lekha Menon Margassery, Miriam Twomey, Edel O’Conner, Ciara McAu