Council

• Mr. Rory O'Donnell Term ends: 20 June 2025

  Rory graduated in 1990 from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen with a BSc(Hons)Pharm degree. He also holds a degree in Natural Science (Chemistry major) from Trinity College Dublin and a diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Irish Management Institute. Rory has wide experience serving within the profession of pharmacy, having served as President of the Irish Pharmacy Union 2012-2014 and more recently has served as President of the PSI Council for two terms. He is the current Chair of the totalhealth pharmacy group and has served on several commercial boards as well as having some experience in the charity sector. He operates a community pharmacy in Gweedore, Co. Donegal.

  Rory is a pharmacist appointee and Vice-President of the PSI Council.

• Ms. Geraldine Crowley Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Geraldine is the Assistant National Director for Primary Care, Strategy & Planning (HSE). She studied in the University of Limerick and holds a Masters in Project Management and a B.A. (Public Administration). She has extensive experience working in the HSE, in her current role and previously, as Head of Planning, Performance & Programme Management in the Social Care Division. Recently, Geraldine has been involved in GP Contractual Reform and Service Development.

  Geraldine has been appointed to the PSI Council as a HSE nominee.

• Ms. Dorothy Donovan Term ends: 15 May 2022 Dorothy, LL.B., LL.M., Barrister at law has fourteen years’ experience as a practising barrister and has spent a significant portion of this time dealing with regulatory law and professional negligence cases. She was a Council Member of CORU (The Health & Social Care Professionals Council) from 2010 to 2013. She was a Vice-Chair of the Employment Appeals Tribunal for 7 years.
  Dorothy has been appointed to the PSI Council as a public interest nominee.
• Mr. Fintan Foy Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Fintan is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP). He is the former CEO of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland and before that had worked for 18 years in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and held a number of senior management roles. Fintan has been involved extensively in setting up undergraduate medical schools and postgraduate training programmes in the Gulf, Middle East and South East Asia. At present, Fintan is Chairman of the International Medical Graduate Training Programme which is a partnership arrangement between the Health Services Executive of Ireland and the Forum of Irish Postgraduate Training Bodies to provide structured training for overseas medical graduates. He was appointed as Secretary to the Forum of Postgraduate Training bodies in June 2015. Fintan is serving a second term on the Council.

  Fintan has been appointed to the PSI Council as representative of the provision of continuing professional development in pharmacy.
• Mr. John Given Term ends: 20 June 2025

  John has a B.Sc Biochemistry from UCG(NUIG) and a B.Sc in pharmacy from Strathclyde University ,Glasgow. He currently works as the Chief I Pharmacist in Galway University Hospital and Merlin Park Hospital. He has completed a Masters in Clinical Research and a Diploma in Public Procurement Law. John has extensive experience working in many different pharmacy sectors, including hospital and retail pharmacy both in Ireland and the UK, and as a Commercial Director and Qualified Person in the pharmaceutical industry .His special interest is drugs procurement and aseptic production.

  John is a pharmacist appointee to the PSI Council.

• Dr. Paul K. Gorecki Term ends: 15 May 2022

  Paul studied economics at Queen Mary College, London, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has lectured, advised and published extensively on competition and regulation, including on pharmaceutical pricing, pharmacy services, and third party drug reimbursement programmes in both Canada and Ireland.  Paul lectures, on a part time basis, in the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin and at Concordia University, Montreal. Paul is serving a second term on the Council.

  Paul has been appointed to the PSI Council as a public interest nominee.
• Mr. Roy Hogan Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Roy is a community pharmacist having graduated from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, before completing his training with the National Pharmaceutical Association in 1995. Roy worked as a locum and full time in a Dublin city addiction services clinic before acquiring his own pharmacy in Dublin in 2000, which he operates under the Life Pharmacy brand. Roy has served on the community pharmacy committee of the Irish Pharmacy Union for nine years and is a founding shareholder of Independent Life Pharmacy PLC (Life Pharmacy). 

  Roy is a pharmacist appointee to the PSI Council.

• Mr. Mark Jordan Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Mark is a community pharmacist based in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Mark is part of the Pharmabuddy team, providing online resources for pharmacists, and host to the Pharmabuddy podcast. Mark also writes a monthly column as Gaeilge for the Irish Pharmacist. He is passionate about education, health and nutrition. 

  Mark is a pharmacist appointee to the PSI Council.

• Prof. Brian Kirby Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Brian is Deputy Head of School (Programmes Innovation), and Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. A pharmacy graduate and scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, he holds a PhD in neuropharmacology, and has undertaken post-doctoral research in the University of Oxford, investigating novel treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Prof. Kirby joined the RCSI School of Pharmacy in 2003, and established the pharmacology teaching within the School. He was subsequently appointed Associate Professor in 2016. From 2011-2014, Brian was seconded to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the foundation Lead in Clinical Pharmacology in the new RCSI Medical School at Perdana University. In 2017, Brian was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at University Putra Malaysia (UPM).

  Brian is a pharmacist appointee to the PSI Council.

• Ms. Joanne Kissane Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Joanne graduated from the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College, Dublin in 2000 and worked as a community pharmacist with LloydsPharmacy until 2011 when she became Superintendent Pharmacist for the group, a role she held for seven years. Subsequently, she became Head of Operational Excellence where she was responsible for leading the implementation and management of a highly efficient, customer-centric store operating model. Joanne is currently the Director and National Coordinator for APPEL (Affiliation for Pharmacy Practice Experiential Learning) which manages the experiential learning placements of the integrated pharmacy programmes of the three Schools of Pharmacy in Ireland. She completed a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2017. Joanne is serving a second term on the Council.

  Joanne is a pharmacist appointee to the PSI Council.

• Mr. Graham Knowles Term ends: 17 June 2023

  Graham originally trained as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in the UK. He held a variety of operational management and strategic roles in the NHS, including Acting Director of one of the largest Health Authorities in the Country. He has an M.Sc. in Care Policy and Management from London Guildhall University and an M.B.A (Health Executive) from Keele University. Until recently, Graham was the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook. Graham is also currently serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of UL Hospitals. Graham is serving a second term on the Council.

  Graham has been appointed to the PSI Council as a public interest nominee.