Who are the Chamber Council?

Council Profiles
Who are the Chamber Council?

The Council Members of Drogheda and District Chamber are a group of dedicated individuals who give their time and expertise generously for the betterment of Drogheda and business in the region.

The Council is headed up by President Padraic Kierans and is supported by the Chairpersons of the respective Committees: Retail, Tourism, Marketing & Events, Strategic Planning, Finance and Enterprise.

Council members sit on a variety of Boards and Councils that affect the decision making for Drogheda. Those areas include everything from the Louth Economic Forum, The Drogheda Economic Forum, Louth County Enterprise Board to Louth Hospitality, Drogheda Institute of Further Education, The Highlanes Gallery, Droichead Arts Centre and The Drogheda Arts Festival.

Council Bios:

Name	Company	Council Committees
Padraic Kierans	Managing Director of Anglo Printers Drogheda	Current President of the Drogheda & District Chamber As president Padraic sits on all sub committees Louth Economic Forum Drogheda Economic Forum
Graham Hughes	GRAHAM HUGHES is Managing Director of Outsource Support Services, Graham has a wealth of experience within the facility service sector having worked in this sector for almost 20 years, Outsource Support Services are one of the leading facility service companies within our region. With offices strategically located in both Dundalk & Drogheda, midway along the Dublin-Belfast corridor. Outsource provide soft services to both the public and private sector, their services include Contract Cleaning, Manned Guarding Security, Environmental Pest Control and Manned Carpark Management service among other services,	Finance Committee Member Past President 2010-2011
Graham O Rourke	Graham O’Rourke is the managing director of award winning web agency, morsolutions. morsolutions have been providing leading edge and innovative solutions to companies all over Ireland since 2000. Graham also provides one-to-one mentoring and strategic advise on online marketing and e-Commerce. Clients choose morsolutions for: • award winning websites that are impacting, innovative & search engine friendly • practical advise on e-business strategies • our expertise in web applications and content management • online marketing expertise that delivers results morsolutions are celebrating 10 years in business this year	Louth Economic Forum (Committee Member) Drogheda Economic Forum (Committee Member) Drogheda Enterprise Centre Ltd (Board Member) Past President 2004-2006
Sheila Barry	Sheila, a native of Cork, has over 20 years experience in Banking gained in Dublin, Paris and London. Realising a long held dream, Sheila took over the café at Highlanes Gallery in June 2008 in a joint venture with Andersons of Glasnevin and Drumcondra. Sheila joined the Retail Committee of the Drogheda and District Chamber in June 2009 and the Chamber Council in June 2010. She is also a member of Network Louth.	Retail Committee Member
Anne Marie Graham	Anne Marie Graham is the Managing Director of Healthforce. She graduated as a Registered General Nurse, further graduated with BSc (Hons) in Health Studies and from this progressed in to the area of Occupational Health and Safety, leading to further qualifications in this area, namely Post Grad Diploma and a Masters. She has 10 years experience with both multi nationals and companies in the SME sector.	Marketing & Events Committee - Chairperson
Eugene Kierans	Eugene joined the Chamber over 20 years ago and has been involved in all aspects of Chamber life. Eugene has been in the meat trade for 50 years. From 1987 to 1990 he was the National President of the Irish Master Butcher’s Federation. He also served 10 years on the National Meat Board, now Bord Bia.	Drogheda & District Chamber Past President 2006-2008 Finance Committee Member Director Drogheda Enterprise Building Co Ltd
Jim Corcoran	Jim Corcoran is the manager of B Corcoran Ltd, one of Drogheda's oldest businesses. It is based in Dyer Street in Drogheda and they have been in the seed and feed business for almost seventy years. Jim has served on the Chamber Council for 11 years and he is the Chair of the Retail Committee. Jim’s hobbies are all sports, reading, gardening, dogs and horse racing. He is also Chairman of Bellewstown Races.	Retail Committee Chairperson
Paul Lappin	Paul became involved in the Property Business 40 years ago. His company specialises in renovating old buildings for industrial, commercial & leisure purposes.	Director Drogheda Enterprise Building Co Ltd
Mark Markey	Mark Markey is Managing Director of the longest established recruitment agency in the North East of Ireland, The Recruitment Bureau, Drogheda. The Recruitment Bureau is a generalist commercial agency, in that we recruit specifically for the commercial and office market – we believe that we cannot be “ all things to all people” and so we concentrate on areas in which we have experience. "Originally from Clogherhead, and a keen sailor, Mark is very active on the Clogherhead Tourism committee, where among other things, he is working hard on bringing a marina to Clogherhead."	Drogheda & District Chamber Past President 2002 - 04, Strategic planning committee member Drogheda Economic Forum Member Louth Economic forum sub committees on Indiginous Industry, and Tourism.
Sandra Boyle	AIB	Events & Marketing Deputy Chairperson
Patricia Rooney	Director – Murphy Environmental Hollywood Ltd	Finance Chairperson Drogheda Economic Forum (Chairperson) Louth Economic Forum Past President 2008 – 2010
Aoife Ruane	Director of The Highlanes Galley	Chairperson of the Tourism Committee
Simon MC Cormack	Director of Western Motors