Incoming INTO President 2009-2010 15/04/09
INTO Press Release: Incoming INTO President 2009-2010
Máire Ní ChuinneagáinMáire Ní Chuinneagáin is a native of Corofin, Co. Galway. She attended Ballinderry National School where both her parents were teachers and Coláiste Muire, Tuar Mhic Éide, where she first became interested in Irish. She qualified as a primary teacher in Mary Immaculate College of Education and she later studied in NUIG where she completed her M.Ed. in 1999.
Máire is principal of Scoil Fhursa Modhscoil in Galway where she has taught since leaving Mary Immaculate College of Education.
Máire has been an active member and former Branch Cathaoirleach of Galway Branch INTO. She represented District VI (Galway and Roscommon) on the INTO Equality Committee for 6 years and served as Cathaoirleach of that committee. She has represented Galway and Roscommon on the INTO Executive since 1997.
Máire currently represents INTO on the Comhairle Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG).
Máire is proud to be a public servant and a teacher and is concerned at the current attempts to demonise and damage the public service. She believes that a well educated and highly motivated teaching force is crucial to economic development and to giving all children a fair chance and that this teaching force must be adequately rewarded.
She intends to work to build on the partnership between parents, management and teachers to protect the education service given to our children from further cutbacks.