Staff ProfilesBusiness:
- Mr. David Wallace, B.A., M.A.
- Sarma Buckley, B.Comm., H.Dip (Ed)., M.B.S.
- Ray McDonnell B.Sc., M.A.
- Carmel Gernon, B.A., M.B.S., M.M.I.I
- Tommy Robinson B.B.S.
- Brid Lane, B.B.S. M.B.S.
- Angela O hUiginn, B.Soc.Sc., M.B.S.
- Tom Cunningham, B.Comm.
- Maryrose Molloy, B.C.L.
- James D Lynch, B.A. (Public Administration), M.B.S.
Computing:
- Rory O Donnell, B.Sc. Computer Science, M.I.T.
Law:
- Professor Cedric Bell LLB,LLM, PhD, Barrister
- John O Keeffe, B.A., M.A. (Int. & Comp. Business Law)
- Lesley Anne Walter, B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M.
- Barry Halton, LL.B., M.A., B.L.
- Ronan Cosgrove, B.C.L., LL.M., B.L.
- Kara Turner, B.C.L., B.L.
- Kieran Falvey, B.C.L., LL.M., M.A., Diploma in Applied Financial Law.
Business
Name: Mr. David Wallace B.A.M.A. in social and organisational psychology
Title: Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management. Head of Year One Business Studies
Teaching interests: International Human Resource Management, Industrial relations, Management and Organisational psychology
Research interests: Developing and managing cultural diversity within multinational enterprises
Publications/ conferences: Performance Management Systems in the semi-state sector, Diversity and Culture at work, Newly appointed managers training programme I.M.I
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Name: Sarma Buckley, B.Comm, H Dip (Ed), MBS
Title: Senior Lecturer
Teaching interests: Accounting and Finance
Research interests: Quality in Higher Education
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Name: Ray McDonnell B.Sc. (Mgmt.), MA (Marketing)
Title: Senior Lecturer
Teaching interests: Selling & Sales Management, Principles of Marketing, Services Marketing, Consumer Behaviour.
Research interests: Key Account Management, Sales Force Motivation, International Selling.
Publications: Co-authored ‘The Marketing Casebase’ published by Routledge. Currently undertaking a revised edition of this book.
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Name: Carmel Gernon BA, MBS, MMII
Title: Lecturer
Teaching interests: Principles of Marketing, Marketing Planning, Business Environment, International Marketing Strategy
Research interests: Online Consumer Behaviour and E-Marketing, Culture and International Marketing
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Name: Tommy RobinsonB.B.S.
Title: Lecturer
Teaching interests:
Financial Accounting & Reporting. Managerial Accounting. Finance. Auditing
Research interests: Accounting Education
Publications: Business Accounting: Irish Edition
Tommy Robinson & Frank Wood Pitman Publishing in association with KPMG, 1994
Business Accounting: Irish Edition- Multiple-choice Question Book Tommy Robinson Pitman Publishing, 1996
Business Accounting – Multiple-choice Question Book Tommy Robinson Financial Times Pitman Publishing, 1998
Make That Grade – Accounting Tommy Robinson
Gill & Macmillan, 1999
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Name: Brid Lane (BBS, MBS)
Title: Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, E-Business
Academic Interests: Management Information Systems (systems analysis and design, functional support, software / information security, CRM, Strategy support), E-Commerce (pervasive and ubiquitous environments, business models, wireless internet, online marketing, web design), IT in Education (technology for student support, virtual learning environments, digital assessment)
Qualifications: Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) Marketing and Information Technology. Masters in Business Studies (MBS) – Management Information Systems
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Name: James D. Lynch, B.A. (Public Administration), M.B.S
Title: Senior Lecturer, Portobello College Dublin
Relevant Work Experience:
- Irish Civil and Public Service (Departments of Posts and Telegraphs; and Transport, Energy and Communications (10 years); and Irish Telecom (14 years). Held numerous positions at middle, senior and top management level including:
- Deputy Chairman, Television Planning Group;
- Chairman, Sound Broadcasting Planning Group;
- Secretary, Ministerial Advisory Committee on Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus;
- Irish Representative, European Commission: Radio & Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and *Data Protection/Privacy matters (*representing the Irish Dept. Of Justice);
- Irish Representative, Council of Europe Committee on Legal Protection in the Media Field;
- Political Liaison Officer, EU Delegations, United Nations World Administrative Radio Conference, Geneva, Sept.- Dec., 1979;
- Head of Irish Delegation to numerous UN World and Regional Conferences on Radio & Broadcasting, and Telecommunications matters (1980-1991);
- Irish Telecom appointments: Chairman, Quality Council; Chairman, Risk Management Group; Chairman, IT Security Committee; Chairman, Strategic Alliance Negotiating Group (Transformation and Employee-Shareholding aspects); Company Secretary, Irish Telecommunications Investments Ltd.; Head of Personnel, Sales and Marketing, Special Projects, and Corporate Affairs Departments;
- Chairman, European IT Security Forum (based in Coopers and Lybrand’s Europe Offices in London), 1991-1993.
Publications:
Author of “Telecommunications Regulation in the European Union” (Telecom Eireann, first published, 1989) and of numerous articles/papers on Risk Management, Management, Marketing, IT Security, and Contingency Planning for, inter alia, “Finance Magazine”, “Lloyd’s List”, various Reports of the European IT Security Forum, the Annual Conference of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, the Annual Congress of the European Security Forum (Copenhagen, Dublin, Lisbon, and Vienna), and the Annual Report of the Danish Securities Exchange.
Guest Lectures:
Has guest lectured for the Institute of Public Administration, the European Security Forum, the University of Limerick, Coopers and Lybrand (Europe), the Irish Dept. of Justice, and the European Commission at venues including Dublin Castle; University of Limerick; the European Commission, Brussels; and Cambridge University.
Has also guest lectured all over the world at the request of organisations such as Coopers and Lybrand (Belgium), the Digital Equipment Corporation (France); the UK Home Office; Volvo (Sweden); Christiania Bank (Norway); the Royal Bank of Scotland, British Airways, and the Dutch PTT.
Awards:
- Irish/UK, European, and Global ‘Risk Manager of the Year’, 1991 (an international competition for a lifetime achievement award sponsored by the US Insurance Multinational, Cigna Inc., and adjudicated by an international panel of insurance industry experts based in London);
Numerous domestic awards during my time in Irish Telecom as the manager responsible for the company winning the best annual reports and accounts award (3 times), the best design award (twice), the best pension fund annual report and accounts award (twice), best company newspaper, the top Irish health and safety award.
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Law
Name: Professor Cedric Bell LLB,LLM, PhD, Barrister
Title: Executive Head of School of Law
Professor Bell is a 'triple graduate' of the University of Birmingham. He has significant experience of legal practice and has particular expertise in real property law, wills & probate and legal practice management. He is an experienced conference/seminar speaker, has authored a number of textbooks, and has held positions at several UK universities. He is currently Visiting Professor of Law at Liverpool John Moores University and at the University of Cumbria.
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Name: Lesley Anne Walter BA, MA, JD, LLM
Title: Lecturer and Tutor
Teaching Interests: EU Law and Criminal Law
Research Interests: IT Law, Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence
Publications: Conference Paper: “Regulating the Digital Hub: A Critical Survey of Ireland’s E-Commerce Law,” IALT Conference, Letterkenny, 18th-20 March 2005.
Article: “Law as Literature: Illuminating the Debate Over Constitutional Consistency,” Cork Online Law Review, 2004 at colr.ucc.ie/review04.html.
Case Summary: “Becker v. Federal Communications Commission,” DePaul Journal of Art & Entertainment Law, 1997
Model Essay Answer: New York State Bar Exam, February 2002
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