Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary & Arts Festival 2013 - Kerry County ...

Gerry Carew
Gerry Carew from Doon Co. Limerick is an
artist and art therapist. After graduating Limerick
College of Art and Design in industrial ceramic
design, she returned to her first love, painting,
over 25 years ago. She has exhibited regularly over
the years and her work is in private and public
collections.
In 1991 she became artist in residence in
St. Joseph’s Hospital Limerick and this led her
to pursue a Master in Art Therapy at Crawford
College of Art, Cork. She has continued to
work in the area of Mental Health since the
90’s and uses art as a vehicle for assessing
and communicating feelings for which words
sometime are not enough.
Noel Curran
Noel Curran was appointed Director General
of RTÉ in November 2010 with effect from
February 2011. He is a native of Co. Monaghan
and a graduate of Dublin City University.
Noel’s experience in Irish media runs from
the print industry to senior management level
in broadcasting, taking in high level and diverse
production experience in Current Affairs and
Entertainment programmes in addition to work
in the independent production sector.
Noel Curran completed a BA in
Communications from Dublin City University
before beginning work in the print media as a
business journalist. He was Deputy Editor with
Business and Finance before joining RTÉ in
1992.
In RTÉ Noel worked as a reporter, producer
and editor in RTÉ Television. He was executive
producer of the Eurovision Song Contest in
Dublin in 1997 and served two terms as Editor
of Current Affairs in the News Division, where
he established the Prime Time Investigates
programme strand. Noel Curran joined RTÉ’s
Executive as Managing Director of Television in
2003. In March 2010 Noel left RTÉ to pursue
private business interests before returning to the
role of Director General. He has previously been a
company director in the independent production
sector in Ireland.