NEWSLETTER
MAY/JUNE 1981
RAFI H LTD. Published by the Crafts Council of Ireland, Thomas Prior House, Merrion Road, Dublin 4. Telephone 680764
Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Crafts Council of Ireland was held at Thomas Prior House, Dublin 4, on 14 May. Representatives of thirty organisations affiliated to the Council were present to hear the Chairman's statement and to consider the Annual Report and the audited Accounts. New members welcomed by the Chairman, Miss Blanaid Reddin, were Michael Jackson of Hands Cooperative; Muriel Beckett of Marlay Craft Cooperative; Open College, Belfast; Kildare Craftworkers Guild; Katriona Brennan of North Dublin Craftworkers Association; Waterford Crafts Limited; and Comeragh Crafts Cooperative.
Chairman Re-elected Miss Blanaid Reddin, Bord Failte, was re-elected Chairman at a meeting of the Management Committee of the Crafts Council of Ireland, held immediately after the Annual General Meeting. Honorary officers elected were: Vice-Chairman, Mr Gerald Tyler, Kilkenny Design Workshops; Honorary Secretary, Miss Betty Searson, Royal Dublin Society; and Honorary Treasurer, Miss Mary Coleman, Country Markets.
Reports from the various member organisations were heard with interest and it was evident that a new and more positive attitude was being taken towards the Council's work, particularly among professional craftsmen. The work on the Management Committee of both Mrs Patsy Duignan of Slieve Bawn Cooperative Handcraft Markets, and Mr Tom Sheedy of Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, was praised by the Chairman. Neither were, for reasons of the pressure of work in their own organisations, going forward for reelection. The elections to the Management Committee resulted in two new members joining the Management Committee: Mrs Helena Brennan of the Craft Potters Society of Ireland; and Mr Michael Jackson of Hands Cooperative.
Top, the re-elected Chairman of the Crafts Council of Ireland, Miss Blanaid Reddin; and above the two new members
of the Management Committee: left, Mr Michael Jackson, and right, Mrs Helena Brennan.