IRISH DEAF SOCIETY TEAM
Board
Members of the Board of Directors
Carol Browne
Carol is a banking executive (40 years) and an Irish qualified Legal Counsel (2005) with extensive experience advising on a range of legal and regulatory issues.
Lianne Quigley
Lianne serves as Chairperson of the IDS board.
Sofiya Kalinova
Sofiya Kalinova, the first deaf law graduate in Ireland and the first Barrister-at-Law Candidate at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns expected to be Called to the Irish Bar in 2023
Rachael Bleakley
Rachael is a Programme Manager for Google.org, Google’s philanthropy, where she develops and oversees programmes related to digital literacy, accessibility, science, community and online safety.
Fiona Landers
Fiona is a Deaf and an ISL user, who grew and is actively involved in the Cork Deaf Community.
Mary Stringer
Mary has worked in Reach Deaf Services (formerly CIDP) as a HR and governance manager and is currently employed as Acting CEO.
John Sherwin
John has worked as CEO of IDS since December 2018. He is carrying out Company Secretary duties temporarily while the board seeks a new person for that role.
IRISH DEAF SOCIETY TEAM
Advocacy Team
Elaine Grehan
I have been a manager in Advocacy Services at the Irish Deaf Society for over 20 years.
Orla Grehan
The Information Office in the Atrium is a place where Deaf people can come in and ask me for information.
Devin Quinn
Hello, my name is Devin. I am the Advocacy Administrator here at the Irish Deaf Society.
David Somers
My name is David, and I’m part of the Advocacy team at the Irish Deaf Society.
Damien Owens
Hi, my name is Damien. I am the Advocacy Development Officer at the Irish Deaf Society.
Dearbhla Deeney
Hi! I’m Dearbhla, and I’m the Deaf Awareness Administrator at the Irish Deaf Society. I mostly work from home, with a few days a month in the office.
Gillian Boate
Hello, my name is Gillian, and I work at the front desk in IDS. I make bookings for Advocacy team.