Ciara has worked in various roles in the community and voluntary sector over the past 18 years. She has extensive experience of working with individuals, organisations and community groups, and is looking forward to working with the rest of the team to provide mediation services to community groups in Clare.

Margaret has trained and worked in Montessori, Special Needs and Elderly Care. She was self-employed in the Tourism sector for a number of years. She has experience working in and with small groups, and currently reside in West Clare.

Edel Donnellan has been an active member of several voluntary organisations in her community for many years, including development and tidy towns. She believes that community volunteers have always been the back bone of rural communities in particular. Edel has worked for many years in the business and education sectors. She currently works as an adult education tutor with the National Adult Literacy Agency.

Sharon Meaney has worked in the community & voluntary sector for almost 20 years, during which time she as worked in community web development & web accessibility, capacity building, training, project management and policy development. She has been Manager of the Clare Volunteer Centre since 2008, and works with both volunteers and community and voluntary organisations. Sharon is an active volunteer in her own community and believes that volunteering has the potential to bring about positive and sustainable change.

Marie-Therese was nominated by the Clarecastle Community Development Company and was elected onto the Public Participation Network Secretariat (PPN) for the County.

She have been active in the parish and community of Clarecastle over the years including in the past year working hard as part of CCDL’s Playground Management Team. “I am very much looking forward to this new role in the PPN”, and will represent the interests of all community organisations in Clare on the new PPN Secretariat.”