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

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