Paul O'Toole appointed new Director General of FAS

Appointment of new Director General

The Board of FÁS today announced the appointment of Mr. Paul O’Toole as its new Director General

Mr. O’Toole has been Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland since July 2001, which was established under the Terms of the Good Friday Agreement and operates under the auspices of the North/South Ministerial Council. Mr. O’Toole took over responsibility for the overseas promotion of tourism to the Island from the former Bord Fáilte and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

Mr. O’Toole is a native of Co. Wicklow. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a Master of Business Studies degree from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business.

Mr. McLoone said that Mr. O’Toole is a highly committed individual with 18 years of senior management experience including seven and a half years in his current role as CEO.

Mr. O’Toole has had extensive exposure to both public and private sectors with significant experience of working with the political system, Government Departments and public and private sectors in both jurisdictions.

The FÁS Chairman, Mr. Peter McLoone, said that he was delighted that Mr. O’Toole had accepted the position.

Mr. O’Toole is expected to take up his position in the near future.

Published on 9th April 2009 www.fas.ie

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Article printed in March 09's edition of Hotel & Catering Review

It all began on 22nd July 2006, when Brian Fahy, Pat McCann, Douglas Jordan, Paul O Toole, Con Moriarty and Conor O Connell decided to climb Car-rauntuohill to raise funds for SOFT, and in the memory of their friend Gerry O Connor, and 4 years on the memory remains strong.

On the 25th and 26th of April 2009, a group of professionals from the Hotel and Catering Industry and friends of Action Recruitment will climb the mountains of Connemara to raise funds for 2 charities:

1. The Ethiopian Centre for Independent Living is a grassroots organisation of disabled people whose mission is to improve the lives of disabled people in Ethiopia.

2. The Catering Trust aims to assist the necessitous in the Hotel and Catering Industry and is operated through the IHI.

These are two very worthy causes and we would really appreciate your support in helping us to raise funds for these charities. The funding will be divided evenly between the two charities and you can donate directly by clicking on

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