Management Team

Mr. Liam Conneally

Chief Executive 

Email: chiefexecutive@galwaycoco.ie

Mr. Michael Owens

Director of Services with responsibility for Corporate Services and Rural, Community & Tourism Development & Integration, and Tuam Municipal District

• Tourism
• Community Development
• Rural Development
• Culture Development
• Sports Development
• Community Integration
• Corporate Services
• Buildings & Facilities
• Internal Audit
• Law Agents Office

Email: mowens@galwaycoco.ie

Mr. Uinsinn Finn

Director of Services with responsibility for Physical Development, Fire & Emergency Services and Climate Change and Conamara Municipal District

• Fire & Emergency Services & Civil Defence
• Roads Operations and Non-Operations
• Roads Capital Projects
• National Roads Design Office
• Health & Safety
• Water Services Transformation
• Climate Change

Email: ufinn@galwaycoco.ie

Ms. Eileen Ruane

Director of Services with responsibility for Human Resources, Environment and City & County Libraries and Loughrea Municipal District

• Human Resources
• City & County Libraries Shared Service
• Environmental Monitoring & Enforcement

Email: eruane@galwaycoco.ie

Mr. Liam Hanrahan

Director of Services with responsibility for Planning & Economic Development Directorate, and Athenry Municipal District

• Planning & Forward Planning
• Economic Development
• Development Control
• Planning Enforcement
• Urban & Rural Regeneration
• Project Management Office
• Heritage and Conservation

Email: lhanrahan@galwaycoco.ie

Mr. Damien Mitchell

Director of Services with responsibility for Housing, and Ballinasloe Municipal District

• Housing Operations
• Homelessness
• Housing Capital
• Vacant Homes

Email: dmitchell@galwaycoco.ie

Ms. Katie O’Connor

Director of Services with responsibility for Finance, Motor Taxation, ICT and Digital Transformation

• Finance
• Motor Tax
• Information & Communications Technology
• Digital Transformation

Email: koconnor@galwaycoco.ie

Mr. Robert Meehan

Law Agent

Email: rmeehan@galwaycoco.ie

Ms. Jean Brann

County Secretary

Email: jbrann@galwaycoco.ie