Inland Fisheries Ireland Board MembersBrendan O’Mahony, Chairman
John Carroll
Andrew Duncan
He has represented Ireland numerous times on the Irish fly fishing team and won the Irish trout fly fishing association National championships in 2008. He also captained his country in the four nations match in Wales in the same year. Andrew has been a committee member of Lough Owel trout preservation association for many years and was vice chairman of the club in 2007. He is also a member of numerous clubs throughout Ireland. Lal Faherty
1993 He was elected to the Western Regional Fisheries Board becoming Chairman in 1994, and has been returned unopposed to this post for the last 16 years. During this time 1994 to 2005 he served as Regional Representative on the Central Fisheries Board. Currently he is Chairman of NARA, the National Anglers Representative Association a position he has held since 2000. John Geary
He has wide-ranging experience in the field of litigation as well as in other areas of law. He is founder and editor of the acclaimed free fishing magazine – “Hooked on the Moy” – which showcases the famous River Moy as an angling tourism destination. The magazine is now in its 4th edition. He is the current editor of "The Parchment" - the quarterly magazine of the DSBA (January 2009-to date). He was appointed to the Professional Conduct Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in 2009. He is a former member of the Irish Youths Fly Fishing Team (1993) and is currently secretary of the Lawyers Fishing Club of Ireland. John is a native of Pontoon, Co. Mayo where he ran and organised the fishing at his family’s hotel - Pontoon Bridge, for many years. Dr. Frances E. Lucy
Michael McGrealWas appointed as a member of IFI on 3rd November 2010. the appointment followed a recommendation of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Energy & Natural Resources. Michael is a member of Roscommon County Council and the West Regional Authority. He is a former Chairman of Roscommon County Council, West Regional Authority and BMW Regional Assembly. Michael is involved in fishery development and promotion on Lake O’Flynn and the Upper Suck system. He recently qualified with a Diploma in Corporate Governance from UCD’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Marcus Mac Mahon
Muireann O’Neill
She is a Lecturer in Cork Institute of Technology and Chartered Accountants Ireland where she specialises in Auditing. Muireann has a particular interest in Forensic Auditing and is currently preparing a research proposal in this area. Her ultimate aim is to achieve a Ph.D in Forensic Audit/Investigation. Muireann was appointed as a member of The Advisory Forum on Financial legislation in 2007. This forum was established by the Department of Finance and its remit was to consolidate and modernise all existing financial legislation in Ireland. She is currently a member of the Continuing Professional Education compliance committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland. |
A native of Cross, Cong, Co. Mayo, Brendan O’Mahony has many years experience in various local, regional and national organisations and a background and interest in fishing and farming extending over 40 years. He was actively involved in fish breeding at the Cong Salmon Hatchery and the restocking of rivers and lakes in the West of Ireland during the 1970s. He served as a Chief Fishery Inspector between 1969 and 1981 in the Galway Fisheries District. He is a founder member of three group water schemes in his local area and Chairperson of the National Federation of Group Water Schemes since 2002. He is a member of the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee. He is a member and office holder of the Irish Farmers Association since the 1970s serving as Vice President in 2002 (in addition to being a sheep and cattle farmer). He was a member of the Western Regional Fisheries Board from 1981 to 2001 and a member of the North Western Regional Fisheries Board from 2001 to date. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Western River Basin District, a member of the Mayo County Council Strategic Planning Committee on water and sewerage, a member of the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee, and a member of the Business Committee of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society.
John Carroll is a Solicitor in private practice in Clonmel, County Tipperary. He is the Principal of the firm J.G. Skinner and Co. and has worked with the firm since 1984. He is a very keen angler and has been so since he was about 8 years of age, starting on the River Suir, where he continues to fish to this day. He has been the national Chairman of the Federation of Irish Salmon and Sea Trout Anglers (FISSTA) for the past three years and has served on its Executive Committee for approximately five years. He has a strong interest in conservation. He is keen to see the promotion of all forms of angling throughout the State and the development of this wonderful resource over the coming years.
Mullingar man Andrew Duncan has worked in the family Auctioneering business for many years and has been running the business since 2001. He is also a part time farmer. Andrew returned to college in 2001 graduating with a B.S.c honours degree in property studies in 2006 having completed a thesis on water quality in the midlands. He has had a keen interest in Irish lakes and waterways for almost 40 years and has been involved in all forms of angling in this time.
Lal Faherty has over 40 years experience in the front line of Angling Tourism, having run a very successful Angling Tourism Business on the Western Shore of Lough Corrib. He grew up fishing these waters and has always had a keen interest in the conservation of The Corrib and in particular the Wild Brown Trout species.
John Geary is a practising solicitor and avid angler. He established J.V. Geary Solicitors in Castlebar, Co. Mayo and Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin after working in a number of leading Dublin solicitor firms over the past decade.
Dr Frances Lucy is a lecturer in Environmental Science in the Institute of Technology, Sligo (1992 to present), teaching on water quality, freshwater ecology, invasive species, fisheries management and conservation management. She holds a PhD in The Dynamics of Zebra Mussel Populations in Lough Key, Co. Roscommon. She has extensive research experience, is a scientific editor for the international peer-reviewed on-line journal Aquatic Invasions and the author of many publications. She is an invited Stakeholder on the CFB Control of Aquatic Invasive Species in Ireland project, an invited Member of the Irish Forum on Invasive Species, an Academic Representative on the Advisory Council for the Western River Basin District, an invited Associate Member of EU ALARM project (Assessing large scale risks for biodiversity with tested methods), and an invited member of the Working Group on Pesticides in the Chesapeake Bay.
Marcus Mac Mahon began his career with the fisheries service in August 1981 with the newly formed Central Fisheries Board. His first posting was to The Little Brosna area, based at Fanure Fish Farm, Roscrea. Following the regionalisation of the fisheries service in 1984 he was based in the Mid Shannon area with the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. In his time in the mid Shannon he worked on various angling competitions and took part in many electro fishing surveys. He stayed in the Mid Shannon area till 2007 when he transferred to Limerick. He is now part of the protection team on the Rivers Mulkear Maigue and the River Shannon in the Limerick city area. As an elected shop steward with SIPTU he has for the past 10 years represented staff and negotiated with management on various issues.
Muireann A O’Neill is an accountant and a native of Montenotte, Cork City. She is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland and also holds a Postgraduate Teachers’ Diploma in Information Technology.