Our Team
Our Team
The Dublin City Council Culture Company team is made up of people from a mixture of backgrounds and experience across engagement, programming, history, project management, policy, communications, heritage, finance, tour guiding and community engagement.
Engagement
Tea & Chats
Engagement Coordinator
Sinéad White
engagement@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Engagement Coordinator
Danielle Breslin
teaandchats@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Creative Engagement - Literature Lead
Bernadette Larkin
Culture Club
Engagement Coordinator
Shanaya Ahmad
cultureclub@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Engagement Coordinator
Justine Murphy
cultureclub@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Visitor Engagement Manager
Tracey Bardon
traceybardon@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Tour Guide Team
(14 Henrietta Street/Richmond Barracks)
Tracey Bardon, Phelim Drew, Pat Garry, Gemma Howe, Joe Kavanagh, Colin Ring, Sheila Robinson, Gillian Ryan, Fergus Whelan, Gus Keating, Jason Neeson, Eddie Smith.
Creative Engagement
Head of Creative Engagement
Linda Devlin
experiment@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
The National Neighbourhood
Creative Engagement Project Manager
Bernie Divilly
programme@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Creative Engagement Coordinators
Evan Musgrave
neighbourhood@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Ruth Concannon
join-in@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Culture Connects
Creative Engagement Project Manager
Deirdre Molloy
cultureconnects@
Creative Engagement Coordinator
Rachel Burke
cultureconnects@
Creative Engagement Lead - Heritage
Kate Chandler
projects@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Project Development
Head of Project Development
Tracy Geraghty
development@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Research Lead
Aalia Kamal
research@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Collections Coordinator
Tania Desloge
collections@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Partnerships and Advisory Groups
partnerships@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Visitor Experience
Head of Visitor Experience
Gemma Sexton
visitorexperience@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Front of House Coordinator - 14 Henrietta Street
Gemma Howe
info@14henriettastreet.ie
Venue Coordinator - Richmond Barracks
Zoë Coleman
info@richmondbarracks.ie
Administrative and Venue Assistant
Chris Allen
Venue hire
(14 Henrietta Street/Richmond Barracks)
venuehire@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Communications
Head of Communications
Melanie Wright
melaniewright@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Communications Manager (14 Henrietta Street/Richmond Barracks)
Carla Speight
marketing@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Communications and Sales Coordinator
Sophie Hennessy
comms@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Marketing and Relationships Manager
Joey Kavanagh
joeykavanagh@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Digital Manager
Sinéad O'Shaughnessy
digital@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Cultural Audit and Map (Culture Near You)
Sinéad O'Shaughnessy
culturenearyou@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Operations & Administration
CEO
Iseult Byrne
ceo@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Head of Operations
Position to be filled
Financial Administrator & Bookkeeper
Siobhan Kilroy
accounts@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Financial Controller
Ciara O'Dowd
Office Administrator
Ella Hopkins
admin@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Smart Tourism Programme Manager
Barry Rogers
smarttourism@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Access Officer
The Culture Company aims to ensure people with disabilities can access our services, buildings, and information. We have appointed an internal Access Officer to help us to achieve this.
Sinéad O'Shaughnessy is our interim Access Officer and can be reached via digital@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
Our Organisation
Dublin City Council Culture Company was established in March 2018, wholly owned by Dublin City Council. It was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and has a Board of Directors of 7 persons.
Chairperson
Richard Shakespeare
Directors
Siobhán Bourke, Tim Carey, Councillor Vincent Jackson, Rhona O’Brien, Councillor Cat O'Driscoll, and Brendan Teeling
Executive and staff
Advisory Group
We have established an advisory group to support the creation of ideas and connections for the organisation. They are working collaboratively with the team to support and guide our ambitious, meaningful and achievable cultural initiatives.
Advisory Group 2021 - 2023
Helen Shaw, Brian Treacy, Brian Mullins, Lisa Jones, Emily O'Callaghan, Jessica Smyth, Danielle Masterson, Joan Hannon, Eileen Murphy, Aileen Caffrey, Jennifer Winder-Baggot, Jo O'Donoghue, Liza Michael, Johnathan Santos, Anne Marie Hayes, Stephen Manning, Ruth Hegarty, Deirdre Ryan, Craig Connolly, Barbara Mellon, Liliana Fernandez Mitchell, Trish Cronin, Anthony O'Keeffe, Carmel Hanley, Eamon O'Flaherty, Aine Ni Chaoimh, Shauna Lyons, Fergal Hynes, Michael Kinsella, Jade Connell Carroll, Hazel Tucker Fogarty, Caitlin White, Katrina Enros, Claire Gogarty, Rick O'Shea, Isabelle Keenan, David Gunning, Pearse Corcoran, Niall McGuirk, Lisa Griffith, Michael Ginty,
The group includes community advocates, artists, singers, dancers, researchers, academics, makers, digital storytellers, publishers, social innovators, historians, and more. We're delighted to have them working with us.
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Antonella Scanu, Sarah McKenna, Helen Doherty, Simon Maguire, Michele Walshe, Emer Meehan, Margarita Vásquez Cárdenas, Karen Aguiar, Alessandra Azevedo, Deirdre Ní Cheallaigh, Damien McGlynn, Jeffrey Roe, Grainne Walker, Muirne Bloomer, Emilie Conway, James Stafford, Felicia Olusanya, Martha Moloney, Nessa McNamara, Julia Moustacchi, Aidan Clifford, Mary Griffin, Emma Loughney, Helen Barry, Muriel McAuley, Mary Weir, Eleanor Collier, John Scott, William Cumming, Dr Darren Kelly, Kim Ennis, Stephen Mandal, Rachel Collier Orla Ryan, Denise Brophy, Evelyn D'Arcy, Godfrey Chimbganda, Dr Conor Kostick, Maretta Dillon, Brian Crowley, Muireann Ahern, Jo McNamara, Gilly Clarke, Sarah Durcan, Beverly Sperry, Megan Riordan, Veronica Dyas, Siobhán Doyle, Gerry Clabby, Michael Foley.
Advisory panels 2018 - 2020
The contributions of the 2018 - 2020 Advisory Panels proved invaluable in helping us with the development of our work and policies and many of our projects found their roots within the group. We’d like to thank them for all of their work and commitment over the last few years.
Heritage Advisory Panel
As of March 2019, panel includes: Muireann Ahern, Denise Brophy, Tom Burke, Godfrey Chimbganda, Gerry Clabby, Brian Crowley, Willie Cumming, Michael Foley, Rob Goodbody, Mary Griffin, Sandra Heise, Beatrice Kelly, Ray Kennedy, Sorcha Kenny, Heather Maitland, Dr Stephen Mandel, Nessa McNamara, Paddy Matthews, Kerrie O’Brien, Mark Reynolds, Fiona Walsh.
Culture Advisory Panel
As of March 2019, panel includes: Helen Barry, Peter Brannigan, Angela Broderi, Gilly Clarke, Aidan Clifford, Eleanor Collier, Rachel Collier, Evelyn D’Arcy, Loughlin Deegan, Maretta Dillon, Deirdre Doherty, Philippa Donnellan, Fergal Dowling, Siobhan Doyle, Sarah Durcan, Veronica Dyas, Gerard Flanagan, Kimberly Gray Ennis, Dr. Linda Green, Denis Horan, Breda Jackson, Darren Kelly, Conor Kostick, Emma Loughney, Fiach MacConghail, Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, Anne Matthews, Muriel McAuley, Jo McNamara, Martha Moloney, Julia Moustacchi, Nor Nasib, NiamhO’Donnell, Felicia Olusanya, Shaz Oye, Betty Purcell, Dr Bernadette Quinn, Megan Riordan, Orla Ryan, John Scott, Beverly Sperry, David Teevan, Karen Twomey, Mary Weir.