Executive Committee
​The current executive committee, as elected at the September 2022 AGM, is: David Kelly (President), John Fallon (Vice President), Anthony Pyne (Secretary), Paul Fennessy (Treasurer), Marie Crowe (Women's Football Officer), Gavin Cummiskey (International Affairs Officer), Noel Spillane (Domestic Affairs Officer) and Barry Landy (Press Officer).
David Kelly
John Fallon
Marie Crowe
PRESIDENT
The Chief Sports Analysis Writer for the Irish Independent, David has worked in the industry for 27 years, first joining Soccer Writers Ireland in 1997. As a student, David contributed to the University Observer (UCD) and served as Sports Editor of the College Tribune. He worked for Ireland on Sunday before joining the Irish Independent. First elected onto the SWI committee in 2020 David became our 32nd President in September 2022.
VICE-PRESIDENT
​John has been the Irish Examiner's football correspondent since mid-2021, covering all aspects including the senior men’s and women’s team, national league and Irish players based abroad. Prior to this, he spent 25 years freelancing for all national media titles, with a particular emphasis on FAI matters and as the sole reporter travelling with the women’s and Under-21 teams. A member since 2005, he spent six years as Treasurer before being elected SWI Vice-President in 2022.
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL OFFICER
A former sports journalist with the Sunday Independent, Marie is now a familiar face to listeners on RTE 2FM as the host of Game On. She also hosts RTE Radio 1's Sunday Sport and can be seen presenting sports bulletins on RTE News and as anchor on coverage of GAA and soccer on RTE. A member of SWI since 2010, Marie assumed the role of Women's Football Officer
in September 2022.
Anthony Pyne
Gavin Cummiskey
Paul Fennesssy
SECRETARY
Anthony became a member of the SWI in 2018. He worked as a sub-editor for a range of Independent News & Media titles (Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Herald) for seven years before joining RTÉ Sport as a multimedia journalist in 2015. He has covered the Republic of Ireland men's and women's teams and is a regular contributor to the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
Gavin is the soccer correspondent for the Irish Times, having previously reported on rugby for the newspaper since 2003. Gavin covers the Ireland national football teams, FAI and League of Ireland. He joined Soccer Writers Ireland in 2022 and has served as International Affairs Officer since then.
TREASURER
Paul has worked as a staff writer for
The 42 (Journal Media) since May 2011, having previously edited The University Observer while a student at UCD. Having joined SWI in 2015, Paul joined the committee in 2022 as Treasurer.
Barry Landy
PRESS OFFICER
Barry became a member of SWI in 2014 and became Press Officer in 2022. A freelance reporter, Barry writes about the League of Ireland and Republic of Ireland for outlets including the Irish Sun, The42.ie, The Irish Times, Irish Examiner, RTE.ie, Irish Daily Mirror, Irish Daily Star
and Irish Independent.
Noel Spillane
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
Noel is a long time member of Soccer Writers Ireland and has acted as Domestic Affairs Officer, looking after matters pertaining to the domestic game in Ireland, for a number of years. Noel is a former football reporter for the Irish Examiner and Cork Evening Echo, He still writes in a freelance capacity.