Council members
National Council is the governing body of the Institute, with council members directly elected by voting members of the PRII at the Institute's AGM each December. The president is the highest elected officer of the Institute and serves a two-year term. Ultimately, all acts undertaken by the PRII's officers and staff are in the name of, and with the authority of, National Council.
PRII National Council 2010
President
Paddy Hughes, MPRII
Director - Corporate Communications
Drury
paddy.hughes@drury.ie
Vice-President 
Barry Kenny, FPRII
Manager
Corporate Communications
Iarnród Eireann
mailto:barry.kenny@irishrail..ie
Company Secretary 
Niall Quinn, MPRII
Account Director
Gibney Communications
niallquinn@gibneycomm.ie
Directors
Kathryn Byrne, MPRII
Managing Director
Limelight Communications
kathryn.byrne@limelight.ie
Sarah Gahan, MPRII
Communications Manager
Arthritis Ireland
sgahan@arthritisireland.ie
John Gallagher, FPRII
Course Director, Master of Arts in Public Relations
Dublin Institute of Technology
jpg@iol.ie
Jacqueline Hall, FPRII
Managing Director
Political Communications
jhall@polcomm.iol.ie
Joe Heron, MPRII
Consultant
Murray Consultants
jheron@murrayconsult.ie
Emily Maher, MPRII
Senior Client Manager
Carr Communications
emily.maher@carrcommunications.ie
Winifred McCourt, MPRII
Managing Director
McCourt MCL Communications
Winifred@mccourtcflcommunications.ie
Sinéad Nic Oireachtaigh, MPRII
Internal Communications Manager
BT
sinead.nicoireachtaigh@bt.com
Alan Tyrrell, MPRII
Group Media Relations Manager
Aviva
mailto:alan.tyrrell@hibernianAviva.ie