Media Contacts
Through its research, advisory and education activities over the years, Teagasc has established itself as the main knowledge source in Ireland in the areas of agriculture, bioscience, food, horticulture, education and agri-economics, to name but a few.
Through its staff resources, Teagasc has a wealth of knowledge and expertise available to communicate and transfer this knowledge to wider audiences.
The media is an important communication channel to achieve this and below provides a list of some of the areas of expertise available and the relevant contact person.
Eric Donald
Head of PR
Phone: +353 59 9183408
Mobile: +353 86 8381112
Email: eric.donald@teagasc.ie
Animals
Animal & Bioscience
David Kenny - Head of Animal and Bioscience Department
Donagh Berry - Quantitive genetics
Cattle
Paul Crosson - Beef Enterprise Leader
Pearse Kelly - Head of Beef Knowledge Transfer
Dairy
Laurence Shalloo - Head of Animal and Grassland Programme
Joe Patton - Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer
Grassland
Emer Kennedy - Grazing Management & calf & heifer rearing
Michael O’Donovan - Head of Grassland Research Department
Pigs
Edgar Garcia Manzanilla - Head of Pig Development Department
Ciaran Carroll - Head of Knowledge Transfer, Pig Development Department
Sheep
Michael Gottstein - Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer
Philip Creighton - Sheep Research
Crops
Bioenergy
Barry Caslin - Energy and Rural Development Specialist
Crops
John Spink - Head of Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme
Ewen Mullins - Head of Crop Science Department
Michael Hennessy - Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer
Environment
Karl Richards - Head of Environment, Soils and Land Use Research Department
Forestry
Nuala Ni Fhlatharta - Head of Forestry Department
Steven Meyen - Forestry
Horticulture
Dermot Callaghan - Head of Horticulture
Potatoes
Denis Griffin - Potatoes, Breeding, Blight, Varities
Education
Anne-Marie Butler - Head of Education Programme
Colleges
John Kelly - Ballyhaise
Keith Kennedy - Clonakilty
John Mulhern - Amenity Horticulture Botanic Gardens
Tim Ashmore- Kildalton
Food
Mark Fenelon - Head of Food Research
Food Biosciences
Food Industry Development
Food Safety
Food Technology & Quality
John Tobin
Food Quality & Sensory Science
Health & Safety
John McNamara - Safety, Health & Welfare in Agriculture
Rural Economy
Economics
Kevin Hanrahan - Head of Programme
Equine
Farm Management
Fintan Phelan - Head of Farm Management and Rural Innovation Department
Kevin Connolly - Teagasc eProfit Monitor Co-ordinator / Taxation
Organics