IFACCA is delighted to announce that Orlaith McBride, Director of the Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon since June 2011, has been elected by the IFACCA Board as its Deputy Chair until the next General Assembly in October 2016.
Orlaith McBride has worked in the arts across a broad range of arts organisations including Local Authorities, arts-in-education, youth arts and theatre. She worked for many years in South Dublin County Council developing and co-ordinating arts projects and programmes before becoming Arts Officer at the National Youth Council of Ireland where she developed the first National Strategy for Young People and the Arts. She was Director of NAYD, the development organisation for youth theatre in Ireland from 2003 - 2011. She produced the National Youth Theatre at the Peacock Theatre from 2007 - 2011.
She served as a member of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon from 2003-2011, was a member of Dublin City Council Strategic Policy Committee (Arts and Youth) from 2004-2009 and was a member of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education. She was President of the National Youth Council of Ireland, 2010- 2011 and is a member of the Governing Authority of Dublin City University.
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