People based in Cork city and county account for more than a quarter of those appointed to the Irish Medicines Board by the Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin.
The IMB is the national authority on the authorisation and control of medicines for humans and animals. The board will be chaired by Mr Pat O'Mahony, Blackrock, Co Dublin, a former AIB general manager. The appointees are as follows:
Mr Pat O'Mahony (chairman), former general manager (branches) of AIB Group, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Ms B. Dooley, consumer representative, Cork City. Mr P.J. O'Connor, Veterinary Research Lab oratory, Abbotstown, Co Dublin. Mr D. Cronin, chairman, Dairygold Co-op, Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Mr A. Murray, Department of Agriculture, Kildare Street, Dublin. Dr R. Lehane, GP, Douglas, Co Cork. Prof K. O'Malley, registrar, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Ms A. Nolan, CEO, Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, 140 Pembroke Road, Dublin. Ms A. Murphy, Pharmacist, Malahide, Co Dublin.
Advisory Committee for Human Medicines:
Prof Kevin O'Malley (chairman) registrar, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Dr Mary Horgan, consultant in infectious diseases and general medicine, University College Hospital, Cork. Dr Kevin Connolly, consultant paediatrician, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. Prof Owen Corrigan, professor of pharmaceutics, school of pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin. Prof Des Fitzgerald, professor of clinical pharmacology and consultant cardiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. Prof Ted Dinan, consultant psychiatrist, University College Hospital, Cork. Dr Kathleen McGarry, consultant physician, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Co Meath. Mr Tom McGuinn, chief pharmacist, Department of Health, Hawkins House, Dublin. Dr Paula Cotter, consultant haematologist, University College Hospital, Cork. Ms Eugenie B. Canavan, pharmacist (former registrar of Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland), Terenure, Dublin. Dr Patrick Sullivan, consultant physician, General Hospital, Mallow, Co Cork. Dr Rory Lehane, GP, Douglas, Co Cork.
Veterinary Medicines Advisory Committee:
Mr P.J. O'Connor (chairman) superintending veterinary re search officer, Veterinary Re search Laboratory, Abbotstown, Dublin. Mr Tom McGuinn, chief pharmacist, Department of Health, Hawkins House, Dublin. Dr Iona Pratt, Health and Safety Authority, 10 Hogan Place, Dublin. Ms Eugenie Canavan, pharmacist (former registrar of Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland), Terenure, Dublin. Mr Timothy Kyne, pharmacist, Turloughmore, Galway. Mr Desmond Leadon, Irish Equine Centre, Naas, Co Kildare. Dr Thomas Barragry, faculty of veterinary medicines, UCD, Dublin. Dr Anne Cullinane, Irish Equine Centre, Naas, Co Kildare. Mr George Lane MVB, MRCVS, Bishops town, Cork. Mr Patrick M Brangan, senior veterinary inspector, Department Agriculture, Kildare Street, Dublin. Dr John F. McArdle, veterinary surgeon, (former fish pathologist of Marine Institute), Castleknock, Dublin. Dr Rory Breathnach, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCD, Dublin.