Our team – Board, Employees
Eileen Brophy
Eileen Brophy is a founder member of Tinteán and in 2007 was the National Winner of the ICSH Board Member Award. She has served as a member of the Board of Management of Oaklee Housing Trust, representing the Disability sector. She is a graduate of the Irish Management Institute and is a NUI Trainer of Trainers.
Eileen is the founder and recently retired Director of Services of Delta Centre Ltd., which provides a range of services to people with intellectual disabilities in Carlow. She also lectures nationally and internationally on Sensory Development for people with special needs.
Eileen has had extensive involvement in the administration and project management of many community initiatives. She is a member of Rotary International.
Assistant Treasurer: Richard Hoolan
Richard is a retired Civil Servant previously working in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Prior to joining the Civil Service in 1995, he worked in a number of companies in roles ranging through Office Manager, Credit Controller, and Assistant Accountant.
Within the voluntary sector, Richard was a member of the Irish Red Cross for over 20 years, working his way through the ranks to finally serve as Area Director of Units before retiring in 2006. Richard also served for a number of years on the Carlow Branch Committee of the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Board of St. Catherine’s Community Services Centre.
Company Secretary: Rody Kelly
Rody, another founder member of Tinteán, was formerly Principal of St. Joseph’s Boy’s National School in Carlow, until his retirement in 2006.
A long-standing member of Carlow Town Council, Rody served as Cathaoirleach between and 1997 to 1998. He was also an elected member of Carlow County Council between 1999 and 2009. Rody has also served on the Carlow VEC, the South Eastern Health Board, the Health Forum South and the Visual Centre for Contemporary Arts and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre in Carlow. He was also a member of the Carlow County Council Housing SPC, the Environmental SPC and the Board of the Carlow County Museum.
Rody graduated with an Honours Degree in Law from Carlow IT in 2013.
David O’Flaherty
David is recently retired from Carlow Kilkenny ETB. He was previously Principal of Muine Bheag Vocational School in Bagenalstown, County Carlow. Prior to working in the education sector, David was the CEO of CANDO (Carlow Area Network Development Organisation) and the Manager of the Kildare Leader Project.
David is also currently on the Board of St Lazerian’s Special Needs School in Carlow. In the past he has served on the Board of Bishop Foley Primary School, Carlow and was Chair of the Carlow Regional Youth Service.
Mary Sheehy
Mary has been on the Board of Directors of Tinteán since its inception, and has served as Company Secretary. She has extensive experience and training in Financial Management and Administration, Charities and employment legislation, and holds qualifications in Counselling, Canon Law and Theology.
Mary has a background in banking, education, local authorities and charitable foundations. In addition to her involvement in Tinteán, she has served on the Board of Management of St. Catherine’s Community Services Centre in Carlow and has been a Director of Assumption Parish Services Ltd. She has also served in a voluntary capacity as consultant to a charity in regard to its financial systems.
Tara Kelly
Tara Kelly joined the Board in 2019. Tara has worked in the public and private sector, including over 20 years in public sector education, mostly in education management. She has a particular interest in the role of structures in ensuring equality of outcomes.
Chairperson: Eugene Carbery
Eugene Carbery joined the Board in 2019 and is the current Chairperson. He is a former head of the Electronics Department in IT Carlow and a lecturer in electronics. Eugene has many years experience of the construction sector having served as a Director of the family Construction Company for 15 years. He brings a wealth of experience in human resource management, compliance, quality management and complaints procedures.
Vice Chairperson: Anne Ahern
Anne Ahern is a member of the Board since 2019 and is the current Vice Chairperson. She recently retired as Principal of St Marys Academy CBS. She has a life time involvement in the voluntary sector, having served on the Boards of many local schools, County Carlow Museum Board, KCETB and Music Generation Carlow. Anne is a founding member of the Friends of the Sacred Heart Hospital. Anne is a former member of Carlow Town Council and Carlow County Council where she served on many SPC Committees including Housing, Environment & Culture.
Treasurer: John O’Shea
John O’Shea joined the Board in 2019 and is the current Treasurer. John qualified as an Accountant in 1989 and has managed his own practice since 1994 to date. He now has over 1,000 clients across two offices. The business merged with his partner in 2003 and currently has a staff of 25, the majority of whom are qualified accountants. He has extensive experience across a number of industries and sectors.
Dan McInerney
Dan McInerney joined the Board in 2020. Dan qualified as a structural engineer in 1980. After working in the private sector, he joined Meath County Council in 1983 and worked in the Local Authority Sector until his retirement in 2019. Most of that time was spent with Carlow County Council. he retired at the level of Director of Services having served as Deputy Chief Executive for almost 2 years.
Our Staff
Tinteán Staff
Tinteán currently has three full-time employees, and two part-time. Reporting is done on a monthly basis to the Board of Directors.
Chief Executive Officer: Turlough O’Brien
Turlough joined the Tinteán team in September 2014. He served as CEO of County Carlow Chamber from 2012-2014. Previously he has worked with AIB Bank, Sugar Distributors, Eire Og CLG and Branch Manager of Irish Nationwide Building Society. He has been a member of the Board of Carlow County Development Partnership and Carlow Volunteer Centre. Turlough is a former Manager of the Carlow Senior Footballers.
Housing Executive: Brian O’Connor
Brian joined the organisation in August 2013 as Office Administrator.
Prior to taking up the position in Tinteán, Brian was a Business/ Construction Manager with Picsaw Construction, a local based Construction Development Contractor.
Brian has many years’ experience working in the residential housing sector in Ireland. His main responsibilities were to manage all aspects of the company and to take projects from an early design stage to successful completion. His role enabled him build up strong relationships with the statutory authorities, specifically local authorities.
Maintenance Officer: Tony Lawler
Tony is part time Tinteán General Maintenance Officer. His role consists of undertaking all general maintenance matters with the Organisations housing portfolio.
Bookkeeper: Sandra Byrne
Sandra joined Tinteán in August 2019 as the Company Bookkeeper.
She has many years experience in similar roles with a number of companies. Sandra’s duties include the maintaining of computerised accounts including, purchases, account reconciliations, payroll, revenue returns and monthly management accounts.
Housing Administrator: Elaine Grant
Elaine joined our team in May 2023. The Housing Administrator provides support to the Executive Officers and frontline customer service responsibilities. Elaine is the current Chairperson at Carlow District Credit Union and has many years experience in Marketing/Sales and most recently left the Legal Sector to Join Carlow Voluntary Housing.