Scouting Ireland announces organiser of Pope Francis visit as new CEO

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Anne Griffin will take over from Dr John Lawlor, who has headed the organisation since 2012.

The new CEO of Scouting Ireland Anne Griffin Image: Scouting Ireland The new CEO of Scouting Ireland Anne Griffin Image: Scouting Ireland SCOUTING IRELAND HAS announced the appointment of Anne Griffin as its new Chief Executive Officer, the first female CEO in the group’s history.

She will take over from Dr John Lawlor, who has headed the organisation since 2012 and overseen a period of controversy for Scouting Ireland, following two years of revelations about governance and child protection issues within the group. “I look forward to supporting our members, volunteers and staff to be the best that they can be, and ‘showing by doing’ what the scout values are.”

“In her previous roles she has shown strategic planning, good governance and strong communication and leadership skills which will benefit our organisation,” he said.Scouting Ireland is Ireland’s largest youth education movement, and has over 50,000 volunteers and members across the island of Ireland.

 

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The scouts and the Catholic Church teaming up? The extremist leftist Irish media will have a field day with this. They might as well do some orienteering while they're at it.

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