National Executive Committee

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body or Board of Management of the INOU and has overall responsibility for the management of the organisation and its resources. The NEC meets 11 times a year. NEC members are elected from amongst the wider membership of the organisation at the Annual Conference and normally serve for an initial term of two years.

NEC membership

Officers Board

  • Ann Fergus, Chairperson, Galway People's Resource Centre
  • Barrie McLatchie Vice Chairperson, Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre
  • Padraig Malone Vice Chairperson, Limerick Resource Centre for the Unemployed
  • Seamus Orr, Treasurer, INOU General Branch

NEC Members

  • Rotimi Adebari, Supporting Unemployed in Laois
  • Des Bonass , Dublin Council of Trade Unions
  • Delia Colohan, Ballinasloe Community Information Centre
  • Tony Jordan, Ait na nDaoine Community Development Project, Dundalk
  • Brendan Sherlock, (Co-opted) INOU General Branch
  • Sylvia Ryan. ICTU Representative
  • Lorraine Hennessy, INOU Staff Representative
  • Deirdre Kelleher, (Co-opted) FIT Ltd (Fastrack to IT)
  • Michael Glennon, (Co-opted) Sligo Leader Partnership