Dear Members,
Please be advised that Mountaineering Ireland’s Annual General Meeting will take place as an online-only meeting on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 at 7.00pm. Delegates will be able to participate via Zoom, while other members will be able to watch the meeting live on YouTube. There is one Motion from the Board of Mountaineering Ireland and there are four nominees for election to the Board of Mountaineering Ireland, all of whom are current or co-opted members of the Board.
AGM Registration
Mountaineering Ireland strongly encourages all clubs to avail of their voting rights by nominating Delegates to attend the AGM. Individual Members also have voting rights and are encouraged to register to attend. Individual members must register for themselves by completing this form.
Club Delegates must be registered by a member of the Club Committee who is nominating that delegate on behalf of the club. Please ensure that you enter the correct email address for your delegate, so they receive the Zoom link. A delegate must be a full member of the club and not an associate member. Please complete this form to register your club delegate(s).
To uphold the integrity of the voting, only registered delegates will be in attendance on Zoom. The deadline for registration is 2pm on Monday 25th May. The link for the Zoom meeting will be emailed to registered attendees after the deadline has passed.
Notice of AGM
Preliminary notice of the date, time and venue, decided by the Board for the AGM, was given in the Winter 2025 and Spring 2026 issues of the Irish Mountain Log, circulated to members via our email circulation list and placed on our website.
Current Board
Mountaineering Ireland’s current Board Members are Rita Connell (President), David Pollard (Chairperson), Noel Caffrey (Vice-Chairperson), Martha Burton, John Henchion, Brian Kennan, Alan Lauder, Mary McGrath, Jacquelyn Moore , Ravit Yanay and Trish Walsh.
AGM Materials:
Voting at General Meetings shall be effected by Delegates. For voting purposes the Individual and Honorary Membership collectively, and each Club can nominate Delegates according to the number of their total membership, as follows:
- For 100 Full Members or less, 2 Delegates, and
- For every 50 Full Members above 100, 1 Delegate, and
- For the remainder of their membership, 1 Delegate, subject, in the case of Member Clubs, to a maximum of 12 Delegates and, in the case of the Individual / Honorary members, to a maximum of 20 Delegates.