Minister Ring Appoints 11 New Board Members to the Western Development Commission

The WDC welcomes the appointment of a new Board by Minister Micheal Ring, Minister for Rural and Community Development.

The following members were appointed on 18th August 2017:

Dr. Deirdre Garvey Senior Lecturer, Mayo Campus, GMIT

Mr. Ian Barrett MD, Care About You; former MD Resilience Healthcare

Mr. Noel Brett CEO, Banking & Payments Federation Ireland; ex-CEO Road Safety Authority

Professor Mary P. Corcoran Head of Dept. of Sociology, Maynooth University

Mr. Michael Frain MD, First Class Office, Co. Roscommon

Mr. Gerry Finn Former Directory of the Border and Western Regional Assembly

Mr. John Kelleher Head of Department, Computing and Creative Practices, Sligo IT

Mr. Christy Loftus Retired Communications Advisor and journalist

Mr. Henry McGarvey Secretary/Financial Controller, LYIT; former MD, Pramerica Systems Ireland

Ms. Auveen O’Neill MD, AO Business Consultants; former mentor for Enterprise Ireland

Ms. Yvonne Shields CEO, Commissioner of Irish Lights; non-Executive Director, SmartBay Ltd;