World Bank adviser to lead Teagasc

THE new director of Teagasc has been announced as Professor Gerry Boyle, an international consultant on agricultural policy with the World Bank.

His appointment, subject to contract, was approved by the Teagasc Authority, with the consent of Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan at a meeting in Oak Park, Carlow.

Prof Boyle, who will take over from acting director Tom Kirley on October 1, is Professor Emeritus of economics at the National University of Ireland. A previous head of the Economics Department at NUI Maynooth, he is a senior associate at Farrell Grant Sparks Consulting Ltd.