Dr. Tom Daly Elected Cycling Ireland President



Dr. Tom Daly has been elected President of Cycling Ireland at the federation’s 34th Annual General Meeting on Saturday.


The Cycling Ireland AGM 2022 took place at the Four Seasons Hotel & Leisure Club Monaghan.


Daly held the position of Vice President prior to the AGM and was Secretary of Killarney Cycling Club before joining the Board of Cycling Ireland in March of 2022. Prior to that was involved in Kanturk Cycling Club in various roles for many years. He was previously Secretary of Cycling Munster.


Daly had a career in education and worked for agencies such as the National Centre for Technology in Education and the Special Education Support Service and holds post-graduate degrees from University of Limerick and University College Cork.


In an address to members at the Annual General Meeting, Daly said:

“We are one of the biggest and most successful sporting organisations in the country with 26,000 members. We have around 500 clubs. 500 clubs on this small island. We excel in competition and our members are on the roads and trails all across the country. So, it’s time now we put our shoulders back, lifted our chins and walk out of here determined to be proud again. We can restore the pride that our organisation deserves.” 
"It's a challenging journey for all of us. We are on one hand a big and complex voluntary organisation that needs to work for its members and also for the volunteers. We are on the other hand a fair-sized company with a turnover of around 5.2 million (euro) and a staff of around 25 - both of which we have ambitions to grow - and that aspect of the organisation needs to be run in a very professional manner. I believe we must continue that progress."


Claire Young, a member of the Board since March of 2022 was ratified as Federation Secretary.


The board of Cycling Ireland now comprises of Dr. Tom Daly, Conor Campbell, Claire Young, Louise Reilly, Emma Hunt-Duffy, Susan Ahern, Gary McIlroy, Carl Fullerton, Helen Kerrane, and William Byrne. 


Details of the motions approved at the meeting will be published shortly.



The Board of Cycling Ireland (image credit: Sean Rowe)