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Robert Fanagan joins the Board of the IAFD
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AFD President, Gerard Clark, wishes to announce the co-option of Robert Fanagan to the Board of the Irish Association of Funeral Directors. On behalf of the Board, Gerard welcomes Robert who follows in the footsteps of his father, Alan J Fanagan, a founding member of the Association. Robert comes from a long tradition of funeral directors and is the seventh generation of his family to work in the Fanagan Group. Robert
joined Fanagans in 2005, having completed a degree in Business Management at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, he was appointed to the Board of the Fanagan Group in 2012. Robert is the Manager of Fanagans Funeral Home in Dundrum which is one of ten funeral homes in the Group. He is married to Madeleine and they have three young children, Luke, Nicholas and Kyle. When he has time, he enjoys most sports, especially rugby, football, and fishing.
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