STAFF

Carmelle Keane Acting Station Manager and Outreach & Training Coordinator
Seán Coogan Broadcast & Programming Coordinator
Glebas Vorobjovas Production Coordinator
Eamon Lau Administrator & Bookkeeper
 Broadcast / Production Assistants
– Áine Briody (News Producer)
– Marc Joyce (Social Media)
– Sean Larkin (Social Media)
– Sophie Pike (D15 Today Producer)

Board Members

David Hughes – Chairperson

    • MA Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Keele University
    • Secretary to Tolka River Project. A drug Rehabilitation Project.
    • Director of Health and Safety Authority.
    • Director of Empower Community Company previously Blanchardstown Area Partnership.
    • Former Director of Institute for Public Administration.
    • Former Deputy General Secretary of INMO.
    • Former Executive Council Member of ICTU.
    • Former Irish representative to EPSU.
    • Award winning Broadcaster and Programme maker with 92.5 Phoenix FM.

Brian Greene – Vice Chairperson: Brian Greene

    • Brian is a former Manager and Production and Technical Coordinator with Phoenix FM. He continues to volunteer with Phoenix FM as a technical advisor.
    • Brian currently works as Outreach and Training Coordinator with Dublin Community Television.
    • At a national level in community media Brian is Chairperson of Craol, Community Ireland Ireland.
    • A graduate of DCU he holds a masters in Social Media Communications and a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
    • When not making TV and Radio Brian is a keen public speaker and is President of Castleknock Toastmasters in the organisation’s centenary year.

Alan Connolly – Company Secretary

    • Chairman, Coolmine Therapeutic Community Ltd
    • Chairman, Coolmine Housing Association Co Ltd
    • Director of DLR Property Ltd
    • Member of the Audit & Risk committees of DDLETB and LGMA.
    • Former Chairman of 92.5 Phoenix FM, Producer/Presenter of various programmes, Narrator ‘Speak Up For Change’ – Craol/BAI radio series.
    • Served on the boards of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and Draíocht.
    • Former General Manager IPBMI.

John Sherwood – Treasurer

    • Director and Treasurer
    • John is an accountant and has a BA in economics from Trinity College Dublin.
    • Previously Audit Manager in Oliver Freaney & Company, he has worked extensively in the retail clothing industry.
    • Currently Finance Director of a chain of clothing stores.

Yetunde Joyce

    • Member of the Secretariat of Fingal Public Participation Network
    • Director Strategy and Operations of Loving and Affectionate Family Blanchardstown
    • Member of Phoenix FM, Programming, Training and Technical Committee since June 2021
    • A community facilitator that has worked with online radio for 2 years.
    • Worked in Local Employment Services, Retail, Telecommunication, IT, Project Management, Food and Pharmaceutical industry. Experienced in Training and Development
    • Graduate with Honours in Biology Education Obafemi Awolowo University
    • Degree in Project Management from ICT IBAT College, Dublin
    • Finance for Non-Financial Managers. Griffith College, Dublin
    • Post Graduate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise. (PgCert/Pg. Cert.) University College Dublin (UCD)

Fergus Lynch

    • Cathaoirleach, Coiste Bunaithe Coláiste na Tulchann
    • Member of Board of Management, Luttrellstown Community College
    • Member of Meitheal, Coláiste na Tulchann 
    • Former Head of Dublin County Council Community Department
    • Former Senior Administrative Officer, Environmental Services, Fingal County Council
    • Former Head of Corporate Affairs, Fingal County Council
    • Former Director, Blanchardstown Area Partnership
    • Former Director, Perceptions (Publicity & Event Management) Ltd.
    • Former Publisher / Editor, Community Voice Newspaper
    • Founder Director of Phoenix FM and Anna Livia FM
    • Former Producer/presenter of several Phoenix FM programmes, including Phoenix Newsline, D15 Today, Anseo is Ansiúd, Phoenix Folk etc.

Anne Monaghan

    • Resident of Dublin 15 in excess of forty years.
    • Former public servant from a managerial role leading a Corporate Affairs function within a government state agency.  
    • Comprehensive experience in Corporate Governance, Legal Compliance and Human Resource Management.  
    • Professional development in HRM, Training & Development, Change Management and Mediation.
    • Current local community involvement role as Vice-Chair (previously Chair) of my Residents Association.

Nic Calinoiu – Volunteer Representative

    • Nic is a Telecom and Electronics engineer with a passion for music and podcasts.
    • He is currently working as a Senior Engineer in Klas Telecom.
    • Nic holds a PhD in Automation, micro and nanoelectronics from University of Poitiers, France.
    • Before that he got his engineering degree from the Military Technical Academy in Bucharest.
    • He presents “Muzica Romaneasca” radio programme which runs every Saturday from 13:00 to 14:00 on  92.5 Phoenix FM.
    • He’s fluent in French, Romanian and English.
    • Nic has started playing music since high school in Romania as the school’s DJ.
    • He spent 3 years as a DJ in his hometown in Bals and continued while he was a student in Bucharest for another 2 years.
    • Nic is also a volunteer at the Romanian Saint Columba Orthodox Church and a football coach at Stella Maris Academy in Dublin 15.

Jeff Murphy

    • Jeff Murphy spent 37 years working for the HSE in mental health services including community and addiction services.
    • Was a member of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, on the local union committee and on the National Executive.
    • He has 30 years of experience dealing with issues of local and national importance liaising between staff and management.
    • Since retirement, Jeff has been a volunteer presenter covering issues relevant to Dublin 15  promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly in the local community.
    • He regularly co-presents on the D15 Today show on Phoenix FM which reports on community, local and national issues.
    • Jeff previously served as a Board member of Phoenix FM from 2013 to 2016. He currently serves on the Board of CRAOL, the representative body for community radio in Ireland.
    • In addition, Jeff spent three years as a member of the Fingal Public Participation Network working with community groups in the Fingal and  Blanchardstown area.

Brenda Byrne 

    • Has been a community activist in Blanchardstown for many years.
    • Brenda is Head of Administration in Empower , the local development company and Local Area Employment Service for Fingal, supporting individuals, families and community groups.
    • Brenda is a long time shareholder in the Cooperative Society and was elected as a board member at the 2023 AGM.

David Miskell

    • Professional & Regulatory Officer, Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation.
    • Registered General Nurse – Trinity College Dublin/Tallaght University Hospital 
    • BA, LLB, University of Galway. MA IR/HR, Smurfit Business School.  
    • Professional Diploma, Professional Regulation, University College Dublin. 
    • Resident of Dublin 15 for 6 years, originally from Sligo.
    • David joined as a volunteer with Phoenix in April 2023. He was formally elected to the board at the July 2023 AGM.

Kathleen Joyce

    • Kathleen is employed by the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group (BTDG) as the Coordinator of the Special Primary Health and Social Care Initiative (SPHaSCI) which is a traveller specific programme. The programmes is based in Parslickstown House, Blanchardstown and covers the Dublin 15 area.
    • Kathleen joined 92.5 Phoenix FM as a volunteer in May 2022, representing BTDG.
    • She was appointed to the Broadcasting, Technical, and Technology Development Committee in June 2022.
    • She was co opted onto the board of D15 Community Broadcasting Cooperative Society in March 2023 and formally elected to the board at the July 2023 AGM.