Experience

Nursing Homes Ireland

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications and Research Executive

  • Jun 2011 - Present

  The national representative organisation for the private and voluntary nursing home sector, with a Membership of 400+ nursing homes. I hold responsibility for all internal and external communications within the national organisation. This includes ongoing members and stakeholder briefings and engagement; managing media; promotion of brand NHI and the private and voluntary nursing home sector; producing publications including newspaper supplements, newsletters, booklets, leaflets; compiling submissions and correspondence; speech and op-ed writing; event planning and management including conferences, education days, photocalls; website and social media management. Research entails analysing and briefing in respect of reports, policy, legislation, statistics, Leinster House debates, and inputting FOI requests. The lobbying element of the role entails ongoing representations and briefings to policy, political stakeholders and also to wider public re healthcare provision issues, challenges & opportunities. This includes delivering specific campaigns, reader-friendly briefings, tabling PQs, engaging with media, ongoing monitoring of Leinster House debates.



No Name Club

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Officer

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  A national voluntary youth organisation with 2,000 teenage members and 500 adult volunteers, I held responsibility for communications, including ongoing media engagement; website development and management; newsletter design and production; design and production of promotional material; national event management; securing sponsorship. A national voluntary youth organisation with 2,000 teenage members and 500 adult volunteers, I held responsibility for communications, including ongoing media engagement; website development and management; newsletter design and production; design and production of promotional material; national event management; securing sponsorship.



Children in Hospital

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications & PR Intern

  • Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

  I fulfilled a key role in the planning, promotion and management of the European Association for Children in Hospital Conference (June 2010). The conference received extensive national media coverage. Also assumed responsibility for development & management of charities new website, the planning & promotion of annual lecture, development and management of fundraising strategies, newsletter production, ongoing engagement with media re issues affecting care provision for children in hospitals. I fulfilled a key role in the planning, promotion and management of the European Association for Children in Hospital Conference (June 2010). The conference received extensive national media coverage. Also assumed responsibility for development & management of charities new website, the planning & promotion of annual lecture, development and management of fundraising strategies, newsletter production, ongoing engagement with media re issues affecting care provision for children in hospitals.



Ocean Publishing

• Ireland
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor & Journalist

  • Apr 2006 - Jul 2009

  Editor of Council Review, a bi-monthly magazine focusing on planning, infrastructure, transport, environmental and social issues; and strategy and policy in the local government sector. Generated and wrote feature articles, further developed publication, managed teams of freelance journalists, photographers, designers and advertising executives. Editor of Council Review, a bi-monthly magazine focusing on planning, infrastructure, transport, environmental and social issues; and strategy and policy in the local government sector. Generated and wrote feature articles, further developed publication, managed teams of freelance journalists, photographers, designers and advertising executives.



The Echo Newspaper

• Ireland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Jul 2003 - Apr 2006

  News reporter with responsibility for accurate news reporting of wide-ranging social and policy issues to tight deadlines within pressurised environment. News reporter with responsibility for accurate news reporting of wide-ranging social and policy issues to tight deadlines within pressurised environment.