New Commissioners
Three vacancies on the Board have been filled
by the election of new Commissioners.
Mary Gallagher took her seat on the Board on 26 January 2001. Ms Gallagher is Director of Stena Line's Rosslare-Fishguard services. She joined Stena in 1989, working in the planning department in London before moving to Holyhead as Passenger and Freight Manager. In 1993 she was appointed Commercial Manager with responsibility for the Rosslare-Fishguard and Dublin-Holyhead services. In 1998-9 she served as Business Co-ordinator of Stena Line Ireland. She was appointed to her current position in January 2000.
Prior to joining Stena Line Ms Gallagher worked as a transport consultant and for the Chartered Institute of Transport. She is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Transport and served as President of the Institute in Ireland in 1996-7, the first woman to do so.
Her interest are music and the visual arts.
Commodore John J. Kavanagh, Flag Officer Commanding the Irish Naval Service, took his seat on the Board on 26 January 2001.
Commodore Kavanagh joined the Naval Service as a Cadet in 1959 and was commissioned as an Ensign in March 1961. He has held various appointments ashore and afloat, including Commander of le Banba (Minesweeper), le Deirdre (Offshore Patrol Vessel), and le Eithne, rising to the rank of Commodore and being appointed Flag Officer Commanding Naval Service from 1 July 1993.
Commodore Kavanagh's interests are golf, bridge, and gardening.
Elizabeth Shanks took her seat on the Board on 23 February 2001. Ms Shanks worked in advertising and publicity in Belfast for 13 years. Her business interests are now in a distribution company. Currently Chairman of the Decorative and Fine Arts Society in Ulster, Ms Shanks is also a volunteer in the Applied Art department of the Ulster Museum.
She is part owner of a Fairy 1 design keel boat which she races on Belfast Lough, is a passenger member of Belfast Master Mariners, and is immediate past Chairman of a seafarers charity. In 1997 she retired from the Royal Navy Reserve after 24 years' service.
Her association with the Commissioners started with her late husband Robert's appointment as a Commissioner in 1994.
In addition to these appointments, following his election as Lord Mayor of Dublin on 2 July 2001, Councillor Michael Mulcahy became ex officio a Commissioner of Irish Lights. He took his seat on the Board on 27 July 2001.
Councillor Mulcahy (Fianna Fáil) is a barrister practising at the Dublin Bar and a member of the Eastern Circuit. He was first elected to Dublin Corporation in 1985, representing the South Inner City Ward. In 1999 he was re-elected to represent Crumlin-Kimmage Ward.
He is a member of the Corporation's South Central Area Committee, the Housing Committee, and a Board Member of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.
Mary Gallagher took her seat on the Board on 26 January 2001. Ms Gallagher is Director of Stena Line's Rosslare-Fishguard services. She joined Stena in 1989, working in the planning department in London before moving to Holyhead as Passenger and Freight Manager. In 1993 she was appointed Commercial Manager with responsibility for the Rosslare-Fishguard and Dublin-Holyhead services. In 1998-9 she served as Business Co-ordinator of Stena Line Ireland. She was appointed to her current position in January 2000.
Prior to joining Stena Line Ms Gallagher worked as a transport consultant and for the Chartered Institute of Transport. She is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Transport and served as President of the Institute in Ireland in 1996-7, the first woman to do so.
Her interest are music and the visual arts.
Commodore John J. Kavanagh, Flag Officer Commanding the Irish Naval Service, took his seat on the Board on 26 January 2001.
Commodore Kavanagh joined the Naval Service as a Cadet in 1959 and was commissioned as an Ensign in March 1961. He has held various appointments ashore and afloat, including Commander of le Banba (Minesweeper), le Deirdre (Offshore Patrol Vessel), and le Eithne, rising to the rank of Commodore and being appointed Flag Officer Commanding Naval Service from 1 July 1993.
Commodore Kavanagh's interests are golf, bridge, and gardening.
Elizabeth Shanks took her seat on the Board on 23 February 2001. Ms Shanks worked in advertising and publicity in Belfast for 13 years. Her business interests are now in a distribution company. Currently Chairman of the Decorative and Fine Arts Society in Ulster, Ms Shanks is also a volunteer in the Applied Art department of the Ulster Museum.
She is part owner of a Fairy 1 design keel boat which she races on Belfast Lough, is a passenger member of Belfast Master Mariners, and is immediate past Chairman of a seafarers charity. In 1997 she retired from the Royal Navy Reserve after 24 years' service.
Her association with the Commissioners started with her late husband Robert's appointment as a Commissioner in 1994.
In addition to these appointments, following his election as Lord Mayor of Dublin on 2 July 2001, Councillor Michael Mulcahy became ex officio a Commissioner of Irish Lights. He took his seat on the Board on 27 July 2001.
Councillor Mulcahy (Fianna Fáil) is a barrister practising at the Dublin Bar and a member of the Eastern Circuit. He was first elected to Dublin Corporation in 1985, representing the South Inner City Ward. In 1999 he was re-elected to represent Crumlin-Kimmage Ward.
He is a member of the Corporation's South Central Area Committee, the Housing Committee, and a Board Member of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.