Gerry P Cahill

Gerry is a retired banker who joined Dublin City fm in April 2000. He is heavily involved in the administration side of Dublin City fm as Secretary/Financial Controller. Formerly a joint presenter of “Talktime” a daily magazine show for over two years, Gerry now presents a weekly music programme “Magical Melodies”. An active member of Rotary International, he is also a member of Celtic Choristers Male Voice Choir and a Director of Music Instrument Fund of Ireland Ltd.

Tony Deane

Tony Deane has been in the radio business for the last 20 years. Most of that time was spent with Dublin radio stations. He has always been interested in movies and started “The Entertainment Show” and “The sound of the cinema” on North Dublin Community Radio (now Near fm). These shows have been running on Dublin City fm for the last 15 years which is a record in the radio business for specialist programmes. Tony was also one of the creators of Beaumont Hospital radio, which is still going strong to this day.

Tony has also had an established career as a journalist and has written for several local papers and magazines. He was at one stage the European reporter for a Hollywood magazine called “Box Office”.

“As a Director of the station I feel privileged to be able to bring my expertise to the station and to help younger people in their endeavour to be able to get into the business and become future “Stars of Radio”, said Tony.

Ellen Gunning

Ellen Gunning MA, MIAPR, FPRII, NUJ, joined the board of Dublin City fm in November 2006. She is the director of Elton Communications and the Irish Academy of Public Relations, the largest provider of public relations education in the country.

She has served as a Government appointed director to the boards of the National Concert Hall and the Central Council of the Irish Red Cross. Ellen was a Forbairt Mentor for a number of years. She holds an honours MA in Communications and Cultural Studies from Dublin City University, and was conferred with a fellowship of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland in Janurary 2007.
Ellen is the author of ‘Public Relations – A Practical Approach’ which was published by Gill & Macmillan in April 2003. Her book is the core text, nationwide, for all students studying Public Relations in Ireland.
She begins her second term as National Chairperson (Ireland) of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).

Mick Hanley (C.E.O.)

Mick Hanley has been working for Eircom as a technician for 30 years. He joined the station in a volunteering capacity in 1993 as part of the sports team. Presenter / Producer of “GAA Sportsdesk”, he has commentated on Dublin Gaelic games since his arrival and is a member of the Dublin county board GAA communications committee. Mick Hanley holds honours diplomas in sound engineering and public relations, and has lectured in broadcast media for the Irish Academy of Public Relations.

He was elected to the Board of Directors of Dublin City fm in 2002, and has been chairman for the last eighteen months.

Seanie Lambe

Seanie Lambe is a community worker in the north inner city for many years. Chairman of ICON [the inner city organistaions network] he is also a council member of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign, and many other projects and initiatives concerned with social and economic progress in the area.

Paul McDermott

Paul McDermott is the Director of Programming with Dublin City fm. He has been involved with the station for over five years and has spent over ten years broadcasting on different local and community stations. Paul teaches Radio Production and Media Studies at Rathmines College. Paul produces and presents “Songs to Learn and Sing”, a contemporary music magazine show every Thursday night on the Dublin City fm.

Nial Ring

Nial Ring has a background in the financial services industry in Dublin, London and New York with both Allied Irish Bank PLC and Bankgesellschaft, Berlin. In 1992 he set up Barrick Capital Corporation, the I.F.S.C. based subsidiary of Barrick Gold and was General Manager of this company from 1992 to 1995. He is now involved in several start-up companies both as an investor and in advisory/consultancy roles. Nial is also a government appointed Director to IDA Ireland and is Chairman of its Investment Committee and was a former Chairman of its Audit & Finance Committee. He is also involved at directorship and management committee level in several community based organisations.

Nial is an honours graduate in Accounting & Finance (B.A.) from Dublin City University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants (F.C.C.A.), a Licenciate of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland, and was also awarded the diploma in Financial Services Law from University College Dublin.

Margaret Roche (Chairperson)

Margaret Roche is the former Chairwoman of Dublin City fm and of a counseling and legal information organisation. She is currently working as a trainer and facilitator having spent many years teaching communication skills and adjudicating drama throughout the country for the Leinster School of Music and Drama. She obtained an M.Phil degree in Women’s Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. She has researched and presented a series of programmes on Dublin City fm, including “Songs of Caged Birds” based on the writings of republican women prisoners in Kilmainham Gaol.