The IAA is governed by a Council elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting, traditionally being the last meeting of the season towards the end of April.
A new Council was voted in at the AGM held on 1st May 2024
The full Council is as follows:-
| President | Mr Paul Bates |
| Vice-President | Dr Charlotte Angus |
| Vice President & Hon Secretary | Mr John McClintock |
| Vice President (Youth) | Ms Eve Kempston |
| Vice President (Youth) | Ms Poppy Hearne |
| Hon Treasurer | Mr Pat O’Neill |
| Membership Secretary | Ms Mary Kirwan-Mackey |
| PR Officer & Meetings Organiser | Mr Terry Moseley |
| Observing Co-Ordinator | Mr David Stewart |
| Stardust Editor | Dr Andy McCrea |
| Webmaster | Mr Paul Evans |
| Council Member | Mr Tony Kempston |
| Council Member | Ms Paula Wallace |
| Council Member | Mr Simon Hearne |
| IFAS Representatives | Mr Terry Moseley, Mr Paul Evans |
| Ex-Officio Members | Prof. Mark Bailey, Emeritus Director, Armagh Observatory Prof. Mike Burton, Director of Armagh Observatory & Planetarium Prof. Francis Keenan, Astrophysics Research Centre, QUB Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, ARC, QUB Prof Stephen Smartt, ARC, QUB Robert Hill, Northern Ireland Space Office |
The Council as of 25th August 2015
L-R, Danny Collins, Eleanor Edwards, Tony Kempston, Paul Evans, David Stewart, Dr Andy McCrea, Terry Moseley, Pat O’Neill, Brian Beesley
The Council as of 1st July 2014
L-R, Dr Andy McCrea MBE, Brian Beesley, David Collins, David Stewart, Danny Collins, Tony Kempston, Terry Moseley BEM, Pat O’Neill, Allistair Gordon, Paul Evans
This photo shows the Council as it stood at November 2013
Back L-R : Pat O’Neill, Brian Beesley, Tony Kempston, Dr Andy McCrea MBE, Terry Moseley BEM, Philip Baxter, Danny Collins
Front L-R: Paul Evans, Jo Magill, David Stewart, David Collins
This photo shows the Council as it stood at March 2012
Back L-R: George Brannan, Terry Moseley, Philip Baxter, Danny Collins, David Collins, Paul Evans
Seated L-R: Andy McCrea, Jo Magill, David Stewart, Pat O’Neill