The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT; ga, Cónaidhm Éireannach na Múinteoirí Ollscoile) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing university staff in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. The union originated among a group of teachers at

Maynooth College St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...

, who met informally from 1962 to 1964. In 1965, they formed the IFUT, and held its first general meeting in 1966. Among the founder members was

Kader Asmal Abdul Kader Asmal (8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011) was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the A ...

, who also founded and led the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. By the time the union registered, in 1970, it had fifty members at universities in Ireland. It grew rapidly, and by 2005 had around 1,700 members. The union is affiliated to the

Irish Congress of Trade Unions The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (often abbreviated to just Congress or ICTU), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trades Union Congress (founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions (founded in 1945), is a national trade union centr ...

and

Education International Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 401 member organizations in 172 countries and territories that represents over 30 million education personnel from pre-school through universi ...

.Irish Federation of University Teachers,
Irish Federation of University Teachers

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1975: Kieran Mulvey :1980: Daltún Ó Ceallaigh :2007: Mike Jennings :2017: Joan Donegan Originally the general secretary was termed the executive secretary.

Chairmen and Presidents

:1965: J. J. Morrissey ( UCD) :1968: Thomas Desmond Williams (UCD) :1969: George Dawson ( TCD) :1970: Sean Lavelle ( UCG) :1971: Robin Dudley Edwards (UCD) :1972:

Enda McDonagh Enda McDonagh (27 June 1930 – 24 February 2021) was an Irish priest of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest in 1955 and served in the Archdiocese of Tuam. He was noted for being the official chaplain to Mary Robinson while she was ...

(

Maynooth Maynooth (; ga, Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's ...

) :1974:

(TCD) :1975: Seosamh Hanly (UCD) :1977: Patrick J. O'Flynn (UCD) :1979: John L'Estrange :1980: Fergus Lalor (

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) :1981: Bernard McCartan (TCD) :1983: Keith Warnock (UCG) :1985:

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( DIAS) :1987: Garrett Barden (UCC) :1989:

Caroline Hussey Caroline Elinor Hussey (3 December 1941 – 11 May 2017) was an Irish microbiologist and academic. She served as president of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) from 1989 to 1992. In 1994 she sat on the Expert Group investigati ...

(UCD) :1992: Anne Clune (TCD) :1994: Eugene Wall (

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) :1997: Maureen Killeavy (UCD) :2001: Pat Burke (

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) :2003: Brendán Ó Cochláin] (NUIG) :2006: Joe Brady (UCD) :2010: Hugh Gibbons (TCD) :2011: Marie Clarke (UCD) :2013: Rose Malone (Maynooth) :2015: Michael Delargey (UCC) :2017: Aidan Seery (TCD) :2019: Angela Flynn (UCC) :2021: Anthony Harvey ( Royal Irish Academy, RIA) The role was termed chairman from 1965-1972 and president from 1972 to present.

Leadership

General Secretaries

Chairmen and Presidents

References

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