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Ireland fans wave their flags 26/11/2016

Executive & Operations

Chief Executive: Kevin Potts
PA to the CEO and Union Committee Coordinator: Ellen Hanley
IRFU Hospitality & Protocol Manager: Louise Hart
Director of Operations: Gerard Carmody
Head of Corporate and International Affairs: Garrett Tubridy
Events & Operations Manager: Niamh McGroder
Travel, Accommodation and Functions Executive: Eugenie Thornton
Data Protection & Procurement Executive: Michael Cryan
Reception & Admin Coordinator: Neasa Ni Dhurcain
Reception & Admin Coordinator: Juliet Akpata
Reception & Admin Coordinator (Maternity leave): Ellen Potts
Senior Event Operations Executive: Sean O’Connell
Team Operations & Travel Manager: Geraldine Armstrong
Senior Team Services Executive: Rory Wilson
Events & Operations Exec: Niall McCoy
Event & Operations Executive: Carl O’Brien
Travel & Accommodation Executive: Ayannah Danoso
Team Services Executive: Hannah Hanlon
Logistics Manager: Tony Doody
Logistics Coordinator: Johnny Ilies
Logistics Assistant: Fran Markovic

Legal

General Counsel: Declan McPhillips
Head of Legal: Seán Brassil
Legal Counsel: William McEvoy

HR

Chief People Officer: Aileen Bailey
Head of HR (Maternity Leave): Linda Murphy
HR Manager (Maternity cover): SarahJane Walsh
HR Business Partner: Elaine Wallace
HR Business Partner (Secondment): Sarah Fitzpatrick
HR Officer (Maternity cover): Yvonne McGuinn

Rugby Performance & Development

Performance Director: David Nucifora
Performance Director Designate: David Humphreys

High Performance Centre Facilities

HPC Facilities and Operations Manager: Oisin Daly
HPC Facilities and Operations Executive: Mark Leonard-Doyle
High Performance Centre, Facilities Officer: David Tansey
Head Performance Chef: Maurice McGeehan
Sous Chef: Alan Reilly
Kitchen Porter: Jeremy Chard

Performance

Head of High Performance Coach Development: Daragh Sheridan
High Performance Leadership & Cultural Lead: Sean M Ryan
Head of Elite Player Development: Peter Smyth
National NTS & Talent ID Manager: Wayne Mitchell
Head of Athletic Performance & Science: Nick Winkelman
High Performance Project Manager: Audrey O’Flynn
National Elite Player Pathway and U20’s Head Coach: Richie Murphy
National Elite Player Pathway and U18 Head Coach: Michael Hodge
Ireland U20 Bagman – Lar Hogan
National Team Forwards Coach (Set Piece)/ National Pathways Forwards Coach: John Fogarty
Women’s National WNTS and Talent Identification Manager: Katie Fitzhenry
Performance Analyst (HPU): John Buckley
Performance Analyst: Gordon Stirling
Performance Analyst – IRFU Analytics Dept, Women’s Rugby: Cian O’Brien
Performance Analyst – IRFU Analytics Dept: Jack Hannon
Performance Analyst – support analyst: Niamh O’Donovan
Data Scientist: Andrew Whale
Business Intelligence Analyst: Claire Wallace

Men’s Team

National Team Coach: Andy Farrell
Assistant Coach: Simon Easterby
Assistant Coach: Mike Catt
Forwards Coach: Paul O’Connell
National Scrum Coach/National Academy Forwards Coach: John Fogarty
Head of Athletic Performance, National Team: Jason Cowman
Head of Analytics & Innovation: Vincent Hammond
Assistant Athletic Performance Coach, National Team: Ciaran Ruddock
National Team, Assistant Analyst: Alan Walsh
National Team, Lead Physio: Stephen Mutch
Kit & Logistics Coordinator: John Moran

Women’s & 7s

Head of Womens Performance & Pathways: Gillian McDarby
Women’s XVs Head Coach: Scott Bemand
Women’s XV’s National Teams Programme Manager: Elaine Ryan
Women’s XVs Assistant Coach: Declan Danagher
7’s Programs Assistant Coach & Lead Coach of Development Program: Reg Tayler
Head Coach Women’s 7’s: Allan Temple Jones
Head of Athletic Performance, Women’s 7s Team: Orlaith Curran
Senior Women’s XVs Team Physiotherapist: Roisin Murphy
IRFU Womens U23 Squad Physiotherapist and Pathways Physiotherapist Coordinator: Aoife Healy

National 7s Men’s Team Manager: James Topping
Head of Athletic Performance, Mens 7’s: Pierre Austruy
Women’s Rugby National Teams Programme Manager: Eimear Flannery
Sevens Administrator: Junaire Brown
7s Programme Lead Physiotherapist: Órla Armstrong
Sevens Programme Physiotherapist: Eduard Mias
Sevens Programme Physiotherapist: Christina Finlay

Assistant Coach Men’s and Women’s 7’s: Sam Myers
Sports Scientist Sevens: Peter Donnelly
Performance Nutritionist, National Men’s and Women’s Sevens programmes: Anne-Marie Mulholland
Provincial Talent Coach, WNTS – Connacht: Larissa Muldoon
Provincial Talent Coach, WNTS – Munster: Niamh Briggs
Provincial Talent Coach, WNTS – Ulster: Neill Alcorn
Provincial Talent Coach, WNTS – Leinster: Matt Gill
Pathway Athletic Development Coach, WNTS – Ulster: Paul Heasly
Pathway Athletic Development Coach, WNTS – Connacht: Ann Caffrey
Pathway Athletic Development Coach, WNTS – Munster: Lorna Barry
Pathway Atheltic Development Coach, WNTS – Leinster: Greg Hollins
Pathway Atheltic Development Coach, WNTS – Leinster (temporary cover): Cormac Murray

IQ Rugby

IQ Rugby Talent ID Coach: Kevin Maggs
IQ Regional Talent ID Coach: Steven McGinnis
IQ Programme Administrator: Lindsey Wordley
IQ Rugby Talent Coach (Southeast, England) Part Time Role: Ross Finlay
IQ Rugby Social Media & Graphic Support (Part-time): Anna McGann

Athletic Performance

Head of Athletic Performance & Science: Nick Winkelman
Head of Athletic Performance, Women’s Pathway & National Team: Edward Slattery
HPU Sevens Program Analyst: John Farrell
Research Officer: Chris Leckey

Rugby Development

Director of Rugby Development: Colin McEntee
Head of Rugby Development: Ultan O’Callaghan
National Coach Development Manager: Jamie Turkington
Training & Education Manager: Colin Moran
E-Learning & Digital Co-Ordinator: Agustina Videla
Rugby Competition Manager: Kevin Beggs
Rugby Administration Assistant: Katherine Daly
Business Analyst – Rugby Development: Jennifer Kavanagh
Domestic Game Coordinator: Tanya Abbas Curran
Head of Participation: Eoin Hogan
Head of Women’s Development: Amanda Greensmith
Women’s Executive Officer: Orla Fullam-Smith
National Rugby Development Manager: David Keane
National Rugby Development Manager: Colm Finnegan
Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Anne Marie Hughes
Projects Manager – Spirit of Rugby Programme: Stephen Gore
Disability Inclusion Officer: David McKay
Youth Council Coordinator: Meadhbh Lewis

Medical & Nutrition

Medical Director: Rod McLoughlin
Head of Performance Support: Phil Glasgow
Specialist Rehab Physio: Einar Einarsson
Head of Psychology: Siobhain McArdle
Head of Nutrition: Emma Gardner
Medical Manager – High Performance Game (Maternity Leave): Mairead Liston
Medical Manager – High Performance Game (Maternity cover): Brian Boyd
Medical Manager – Developmental Game: Caithríona Yeomans
Medical Admin (part-time): Siobhan Hughes
Performance Nutritionist, Women’s National XVs Team and Pathways: Emma Brennan
First Aid & Injury Prevention Coordinator: Shane Mooney
Elite Player Pathway Nutrition Lead: Gary Sweeney

Referees

Head of Referees: Dudley Philips
National Referee Manager: Peter Fitzgibbon
High Performance Referee Coach & Talent ID Manager: John Lacey
Referee Development Manager Connacht: Joy Neville
Referee Development Manager Leinster: Sean Gallagher
Referee Development Manager Ulster: Richard Kerr
High Performance Referees: Andy Brace, Frank Murphy, Chris Busby, Andrew Cole, Eoghan Cross, Peter Martin
Referee Coordinator: Julie Moran
Referee Coordinator: Neysa Herity

Marketing & Communications

Chief Commercial Officer: Padraig Power
Director of Communications: Aoife Clarke
Head of Communications & Project Manager, IRFU 150: Peter Breen
Head of Commercial: Jessica Long
Senior Commercial Manager (Maternity Cover): Ben Mulligan
Digital Marketing & Customer Relationship Manager: Barry Cunningham
Commercial Partnerships Manager: Sean Ryan
Marketing & Sponsorship Executive: Mallorie Ronan
Marketing Assistant: Rachel Cuddy
Client Relationship Manager: Linda McCoy
Communications Manager: Lisa Doyle
Communications Manager: Ryan Bailey

Ticketing

Head of Ticketing: Sheena Hickey
Senior Ticket Officer: Patrick Gavin
Assistant Ticket Officer: Louise Tighe
Assistant Ticket Officer: Emma Louise Keogh
Administrator – Patrons Renewal \ Assistant Ticket Officer: Carol Devereux Seaton

Finance

Chief Financial Officer: Thelma O’Driscoll
Management Accountant: Sharon Coffey
Financial Controller: Fiona O’Flaherty
Financial Consultant: Ruairi McLoughlin
Payroll Administrator: Gary Oak
Financial Reporting Exec: Caroline O’Toole
Accounts Assistant: Andrea Walsh
Accounts Payable: Helen Buttker
Accounts Payable Assistant: Maria Connolly
Funds Administrator: Lindsey Murphy

 

Charitable Trust

Head of Operations, IRFU Charitable Trust: Linda Black
IRFU Charitable Trust Fundraising and Relationship Lead: Brid Berkeley
Charitable Trust finance & Administration Officer (part-time): Vita Versalovic

Technology & Systems

Director of Strategy & Technology: Scott Walker
Head of IT: Sid Carmody
Senior IT Administrator: James Dunne
IT Applications Manager: Ginine Power
Application Support Administrator: Evin Cashman
Desktop Support Engineer: Sam Paka
Desktop Support Engineer: Tony McAuliffe
Technical Support Analyst: Ian Keenan
Strategy and Projects Manager: Kate Binchy
Product Owner – Data System: Brian Scriven