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 12th April 2023
The full Council is as follows:-
President | Mr Paul Evans |
Vice-President & Stardust Editor | Dr Andy McCrea |
Vice President | Mr John McClintock |
Vice President (Youth) | Ms Eve Kempston |
Vice President (Youth) | Ms Poppy Hearne |
Hon. Secretary | Mr Paul Bates |
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 |
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 |
![IAA Council August 2015](http://irishastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/council1508.jpg)
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
![IAA Council July 2014](http://irishastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/iaacouncil140701web.jpg)
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
![IAA Council November 2013](http://irishastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/iaacouncil131106sm.jpg)
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
![](http://irishastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/council120314.jpg)
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