The following are the members of the Irish Times Trust and the dates of their appointment
Major T.B. McDowell, chairman; former chairman and chief executive of the Irish Times Ltd; June 5th , 1974.
Donal Nevin, vice-chairman; former general-secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; June 5th, 1974.
James Walmsley, former chairman, Eason and Son Ltd; May 6th, 1974.
Don Reid, chairman of the Irish Times Ltd, former senior tax partner, KPMG; May 1st, 1988.
Esther McKee, Housewife; April 28th, 1994.
Prof Dervilla Donnelly, chairman of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry, University College, Dublin; June 30th, 1994.
Gerry Burns, former Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; September 30th, 1997.
Prof David McConnell, Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin; April 19th 2000