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Catríona Fallon
Catríona Fallon has worked in the Irish arts sector for three decades managing venues, visual arts initiatives and festivals. Examples of her projects are: The Greening Venues Pilot Projects 2020 - 2021, The Greening Arts Centres Pilot Projects 2021 - 2022 and the Greening Touring Project 2022 - 2023. Catríona is committed to supporting community engagement on climate mitigation, particularly in terms of behavioural change and renewable energy technologies. She is currently supporting the roll out of the Irish Arts Council’s Climate Action & Environmental Policy and Creative Ireland's Climate Action projects.
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Voices from the Irish performing arts sector
Niall Gomes O’Connell
Niall is the General Manager of Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire. Niall has a keen interest in sustainability and greening, and recently completed a Masters in the Management of Sustainable Development with a focus on the barriers to change for sustainable development for arts venues.
Sinéad Wallace
Sinéad Wallace is an award-winning freelance lighting designer and teaches Lighting Design on the MFA in Stage Design at The Lir Academy. Sinéad has been working in Sustainable Theatre making for 3 years and has developed The Lir Academy’s Sustainability policy and Action Plan, as well as overseeing their first two Theatre Green Book productions. She has completed Carbon Literacy Training, Train the Trainer programmes with the Carbon Literacy Trust. She received a Climate Leadership Award from Trinity College in 2024 for her work at The Lir Academy. Sinéad is currently completing Trinity College’s Micro-credential in Climate Leadership.
