Our Team

Bronagh MooreCoastal Communities Manager, Environmental Education Unit

Bronagh joined Clean Coasts in 2024 having held leadership roles in Executive & Community Education. She holds an MSC in Business and has a background in operations, coaching and transformation. Passionate about the environment, particularly coastal protection, Bronagh has been a dedicated beach clean volunteer for over 15 years. She looks forward to engaging with volunteer groups nationwide and working with her team to safeguard our coastlines. A firm believer in the ripple effect, she believes that small actions by many can lead to a positive global impact.

Ian DiamondCoastal Awards Manager, Environmental Education Unit

Ian has worked at An Taisce’s Education Unit since 2007, at first on Green-Schools and later on the National Spring Clean campaign. He joined the coastal programmes team in 2016, and is responsible for the management of the Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards in the Republic of Ireland.

Aidan GrayClean Coasts Senior Development Officer for Louth and Meath

Aidan joined Clean Coasts in 2003. He has a background in outdoor adventure and education, and he relishes being with groups at the coast as there is so much to see, learn about, do our part to protect, and space to do fun activities also.

Olivia JonesClean Coasts Coordinator for the North West Region (Sligo, Leitrim, and Mayo)

Olivia joined Clean Coasts in 2008. She has a post graduate in Environmental Management from Ulster University. She is inspired by the many different habitats found along our coastline and the amazing people working to both professionally and voluntarily to protect it.

Elaine DoyleClean Coasts Campaigns and Development Officer for Kerry, Waterford and Cork

Elaine has a worked with Clean Coasts since 2016. She is a Campaigns Officer on the Think Before You Flush campaign. She has a passion for sustainable development at home and abroad and believes a huge difference can be made with small actions.

Ollie O'FlahertyClean Coasts Development Officer for Clare and Galway

Ollie has a Science degree from NUIG and a Specialist Diploma in Corporate Environmental Planning. Ollie had a background as a professional surfer for many years and as an Irish Surf team coach and Chairman at the West Coast Surf Club. His life’s passion is the ocean, so he considers joining the Clean Coasts team really a fantastic opportunity.

Sinead KeoghClean Coasts Development Officer for Donegal

Sinead joined Clean Coasts in 2023 as a Development Officer for Wicklow and Wexford and now serves as the Development Officer for Donegal. With a background in Social Science and a Master’s in Marine Sustainability, she is passionate about the connection between people and blue spaces.

Róisín FitzgeraldClean Coasts Development Officer for Wexford and Wicklow

Róisín joined Clean Coasts in 2025 as the Development Officer for Wexford and Wicklow. She holds a postgraduate degree in Environmental Sustainability and has a background in planetary health, environmental education, science communication and is a qualified scuba diver. She is passionate about human-nature connections, community empowerment and collaborative action for marine conservation and sustainable development.

Aisling KennedyClean Coasts Development Officer for Dublin

Aisling joined Clean Coasts in 2025 as the Development Officer for Dublin. She has a postgraduate degree in environmental science and a background working in environmental NGO and outdoor education sectors. She loves working with community groups and strongly believes that people’s connection to natural spaces is crucial for their protection.

Anne Marie Kirwan#2MinuteBeachClean Campaign Officer

Anne Marie joined Clean Coasts in 2025 as the #2MinuteBeachClean Campaign Officer. Anne Marie has an undergraduate in Applied Humanities and a Masters by Research, and she is fascinated by human behaviour. She is particularly interested in the factors that motivate people to protect the places they love, and what sparks grassroots action.

Patrick CrossClean Coasts Campaigns Officer

Patrick joined Clean Coasts in 2023. He has a background in marine policy and governance, online education and visual media production. He is inspired by the great variety of the Irish coastline, its communities and habitats and his hope is to meaningfully contribute to the preservation of these environments and support the recognition of their economic, social, and recreational value.

Liane CostelloClean Coasts Biodiversity Officer

Liane has been working with Clean Coasts since 2020. She has a background in marine biology, community engagement and communications. Prior to her new position as Clean Coasts Biodiversity Officer, Liane was a Campaign Officer on the Think Before You Flush campaign. As Biodiversity Officer Liane’s aim is to encourage communities to champion local biodiversity. She is truly passionate about the Clean Coasts community and is excited to see the future of biodiversity integration within the programme.

Careers

The EEU of An Taisce is the national operator of a number of highly successful environmental education, sustainability and behaviour change programmes such as Green-Schools, Blue Flag, National Spring Clean, Clean Coasts and Climate Ambassador. The EEU of An Taisce works with a wide range of participant and supporters and sponsors to deliver these programmes.

There are the following opportunities within the Environmental Education Unit:

We’re Hiring!

Clean Coasts Development Officer, Donegal:

Clean Coasts is now recruiting a Full Time Clean Coasts Development Officer to oversee the implementation of this programme in the Donegal Region.

This is a remote role based in Donegal. It requires travel throughout the county due to the fact that visiting
community groups and attending and/or organising events in the region is a core part of the role.

Clean Coasts has Development Officers around Ireland who regularly meet online and occasionally in our Dublin Office or at events throughout the country.

This role requires a degree of flexibility due to the fact that we often have to fit around our volunteer’s free time which may be outside of normal working hours when including travel to and from meeting venues.

This role is ideal for someone looking for meaningful, community-based work within the environmental charity sector.

More information available here: Job Description and Application Details.

APPLY TO: careers@antaisce.org
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 19th October 2025

Clean Coasts Engagement & Impact Officer:

Are you someone with strong digital skills, a sharp eye for systems, and a passion for protecting the environment? Do you want to use your experience to support community-led change?

We’re looking for a motivated and purposeful Clean Coasts Engagement & Impact Officer to help us scale up our support for grassroots marine groups across Ireland. You’ll work behind the scenes — helping our team to engage more effectively, track our impact, and increase visibility for the incredible work being done to protect the ocean. You’ll act as a central support: streamlining processes with Office 365, analysing data to inform our outreach, and helping develop practical resources. You’ll also review and refine how we promote campaigns and events to ensure maximum exposure, engagement, and attendance — helping us reach more people whilst creating even more opportunities to protect our coastline, waterways, marine life and ocean.

This role is ideal for someone looking for meaningful, impact-driven work within the environmental charity sector.

More information available here: Job Description and Application Details.

APPLY TO: careers@antaisce.org
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 26th September 2025

The EEU is responsible for developing and operating some of Ireland’s most popular and successful environmental and sustainability programmes. It is the National Operator for many international environmental education programmes of FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education), including the Blue Flag Award for Beaches and Marinas and Green-Schools, the international environmental education programme in operation across 93% of Irish schools.
It also operates a number of national programmes including Green Campus, Neat Streets, Clean Coasts, National Spring Clean (Ireland’s largest anti-litter campaign), Green Home, Green Communities, and the Irish Greening Community Award Programme.

Our Sponsors

Government of Ireland

The Government of Ireland is proud to support An Taisce’s ‘Clean Coasts Programme’, in its enthusiastic engagement with marine communities in relation to marine litter and in heightening public awareness and influencing positive behaviour among civil society. The Department would also like to acknowledge the tremendous work done by hundreds of local Clean Coast groups around the coast of Irlenad in protecting the marine environment, for the generations to come.

Fáilte Ireland

Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, is a proud sponsor of the Clean Coasts programme. The Green Coast Awards and associated Clean Coasts groups act as custodians for the beaches, seas, and marine life in Ireland, ensuring that they are managed appropriately and that they are litter and pollution free for our visitors to enjoy. Ireland’s coastline is a tremendously important tourism asset and the majority of the green coast and coast care groups and Green Coast beaches are located within the Wild Atlantic Way, Irelands Ancient East and Dublin Programme areas. The achievement and display of the Green Coast Award at our beaches reaffirms our clean green image to our visitors.

If your company is interested in partnering with the Clean Coasts programme then please get in touch here.

Our Collaborations

Other companies and organisations we have worked with over the last few years.

If your company or organisation is interested in collaborating with the Clean Coasts programme then please get in touch here.

Local Authorities

The Clean Coasts programme is supported by Local Authorities around Ireland who help with the collection of marine litter removed by Clean Coasts groups and volunteers.