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Governance

Charity Regulations

Registered Charity Number

The Irish Refugee Council is a charity registered with the Charities Regulator.

Number: 20025724

Our details and annual returns to the Regulator are available here.

CHY (Revenue) Number

Number: 10153

Companies Registration Officer details

We are company limited by guarantee and are registered with the Companies Registration Office.

Number: 188693

Entry and annual report is available here.


Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Irish Refugee Council is elected by the Annual General Meeting and is responsible for the management and strategic direction of the organisation between AGMs. Our Board have responsibilities as Directors under the Companies Act 2014 and as Trustees under the Charities Act 2009. The Board are currently recruiting. If you are interested in becoming involved, please contact them using the email below. The Board particularly welcome people with direct experience of the protection process in Ireland.

Meet Our Board

Oisín O’Reilly, Chair

Oisín is the Chief Executive Officer of Outhouse LGBT+ Community Resource Centre.

Daniela Jurj, Secretary

Daniela is an accredited mediator and a graduate of IPA & UCD - Human Rights and Equality, vastly experienced in working with migrant communities and cultural diversity in building capacity and social inclusion.

Dr Lorcan Sirr

Lorcan is a senior lecturer in housing at the Technological University Dublin.

Sharon Mpofu

Sharon is a Community builder, Former Administrative Manager at Africa Disability Alliance.

Samuel Brady

Samuel Brady is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland with seven years qualified experience.

Dr Clíodhna Murphy

Dr Clíodhna Murphy is Associate Professor at Maynooth University, where she teaches and researches in the areas of migration law (including refugee law) and human rights law.


Audited Accounts and Finance

CEO Salary

Our Chief Executive Officer, Nick Henderson, is paid €82,910 per year.

Lobbying Returns

The Irish Refugee Council undertakes lobbying as defined by the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. Our lobbying advances our advocacy work.

Our lobbying returns are published on the lobbying.ie website and are available here.As a charitable organisation and a company limited by guarantee we publish full audited accounts each year. Our auditor is Whelan Dowling and Associates. Our Benefacts page also gives a summary of our accounts and other useful governance information.

A required by the Governance Code 2019 Audited Accounts use the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting (SORP).