Members of Governing Body, 2015-2019
| Chief Officer | Professor Patrick G. O'Shea, President |
| Chairperson | Dr. Catherine Day |
| Senior Officers | Professor Caroline Fennell, Senior Vice-President Academic & Registrar |
| Professors/Associate Professors | Professor Frédéric Adam |
| Professor John Cryan | |
| Professor Mary Horgan | |
| Professor Paul McSweeney | |
| Professor Nora O'Brien | |
| Academic Staff | Dr. Louise Crowley |
| Mr. Michael Delargey | |
| Dr. Angela Flynn | |
| Dr. Piaras MacÉinrí | |
| Dr. Marian McCarthy | |
| Staff | Ms. Sinead Hackett |
| Mr. Gary Hurley | |
| Mr. J.P. Quinn | |
| Students | Mr. Eolann Sheehan, President, Students’ Union |
| Ms. Kate Moriarty, Deputy President, Students' Union | |
| Postgraduate Student | Mr. Chris McCahill, Postgraduate Officer, Students' Union |
| Nominees of External Organisations | Mr. Dermot Breen (IBEC) |
| Ms. Gillian Keating (Cork Chamber of Commerce) | |
| Ms. Maureen Kennelly (Poetry Ireland) | |
| Mr. Ted Owens (Cork Education & Training Board) | |
| Nominees of the Minister for Education and Skills | Mr. Alan Crosbie |
| Professor Adrian Dixon | |
| Dr. Beatrice Doran | |
| vacant | |
| Graduates | Mr. Owen Dinneen |
| Dr. Rosarii Griffin | |
| Dr. Valerie Mannix | |
| Lord Mayor of Cork | Cllr. Des Cahill |
| Mayor of the Metropolitan District of Waterford | Cllr. John Hearne |
| Nominees of the National University of Ireland | Ms. Nuala O’Connor |
| Dr. Dermot O’Mahoney | |
| Nominees of the Councils of the administrative Counties of: | |
| Cork | Cllr. Bernard Moynihan |
| Waterford | Cllr. Adam Wyse (Mayor of the City & County) |
| Kerry | Cllr. Aoife Thornton |
| Limerick | Cllr. Eddie Ryan |
| Joint County Councils of Tipperary | Cllr. Michael Fitzgerald |
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* term of office of student representatives shall not exceed one year
