IRFU Committee

The Irish Rugby Football Union is the governing body for the sport of Rugby Union on the island of Ireland. Each affiliated rugby club or school nominates a member to their provincial branch committee and each branch elects members to the IRFU Committee.
President
Ian McIlrath
Vice Presidents
Nicholas Comyn Des Kavanagh
Honorary Treasurer
Tom Grace
Chairman of Management Committee
Declan Madden
Immediate Past President
Philip Orr
Committee Profiles
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Standing Committees 2018/19
The President and Chairman of the Management Committee are automatically on every committee.
Management:
D. Madden, T. Grace(Treasurer), Ian McIlrath(President) J. O’ Driscoll (WR), T. OBeirne (NPGB), D. Devaney(C&M). G. Barrett (D. Rugby) P.R. Browne (CEO), D. Kavanagh (Co-opted), in attendance, N. Comyn, K. Potts, D. Nucifora and S. McNamara.
Finance
T. Grace, A. Leddy, J. Gibson, M.P. Coghlan, J. Robinson, D. Madden,
P.R. Browne, K. Potts, C. O’Brien, F. O’Rourke (co-opted) and L. Quinn (co-opted).
Commercial and Marketing
D. Devaney, T. Grace, M. Collopy, P.R. Browne, T. OBeirne, P. Power, S. McNamara and P. Dean (Co-opted).
National Professional Game Board
T. OBeirne, G. Barrett, R. Ryan, K. Keane, Barry Gavin, F. Sowman, D. Millar,
E. Reddan (Co. Opted) G. Keegan (Co-opted) M. Kearney (Co-opted) P.R. Browne and D. Nucifora.
Rugby Committee
G. Barrett, N. Comyn, J. McKibben, J. Robinson, M. Quinn, D. Kavanagh, M. Collopy, S. Walker and K. Beggs.
At Four meetings per season, the Chairs of the Provincial Rugby Committees and the Exiles Representative will attend to monitor and report on the Strategic Plan.
SUB COMMITTEES of the RUGBY COMMITTEE
Women
Mary Quinn. Jim Gibson, A. Leddy and Co-options from the relevant provincial committees.
IRFU Women’s Advisory Group
Nicholas Comyn, Mary Quinn, Su Carty, Greg Barrett and P.R. Browne
Age Grade Rugby
John Robinson. The Chairs of the IRFU Schools and Youths and the Chairs of Provincial Age Grade Committees. Scott Walker and Eoin Hogan.
Schools Committee
Gerry Drennan, Niall Rynne, Eoin Hogan and Chairs of the Provincial School’s Committee
Youths Committee
Adrian Leddy, John Sheerin, Eoin Hogan and Chairs of the Provincial Youth Committees.
Rugby Operations Committees
M. Collopy.
Place
Ray Ryan, Kevin Dinneen D.O’ Brien C.O’ Brien and
Co-options from the pool of provincial nominees.
People
John McKibben, Su Carty, and Co-options from the pool of provincial nominees.
Players
Jim Gibson, Adrian Leddy and Co-options from the pool of provincial nominees.
Promotions
Niall Rynne, John Sheerin and Co-options from the pool of provincial nominees.
Referees
John McKibben, Kevin Dinneen, D. Phillips, Helen O’Reilly and a representative from each Province.
Laws and Regulations of the Game
Greg Barrett, M. P. Coghlan, Kevin Dinneen, John McKibben N. Comyn, Scott Walker, Dudley Phillips, D. McPhillips and Kevin Beggs,
Competitions – AIL and National Competition
N. Comyn, John McKibben, N. Rynne, Kevin Beggs, Lorna Byrne (women AIL), Olan Allen (fixtures) Co -opted and a nominee from each Province.
Third Level Committee
N. Comyn, Kevin Dinneen, Su Carty, Eoin Hogan, David Carrigy, four representatives from I.U.R.U., four from I.C.R.U. and a nominee from the relevant committee of each Branch.
IRFU Junior Working Party
John Sheerin, Adrian Leddy, and the Chairs of the Provincial Junior Committees.
Representatives
World Rugby
J.O’Driscoll, S. Carty and P.Orr
Six Nations
P.R. Browne and P. Whelan
British & Irish Lions
T. Grace and P.R.Browne
EPRC Representatives
P.R. Browne and P.McNaughton
Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA) Representatives
J. O’Driscoll and D. Nucifora
Celtic Rugby
K. Potts and G. Fitzgerald
Exiles
T. Hennessy