Dave O’Donoghue
FCCA, MSc, DipIFR
Dave is the Managing Director of AccountancySchool.ie where he lectures at all levels of Auditing and Financial Reporting. Dave is currently a member of ACCA Ireland committee and he is also a Director of Chartered Grind School which prepares students to sit the exams of ACA Ireland. He spent a number of years working in Industry and Practice before he moved into full time education. Dave has been lecturing to professional accountancy students since 1996 and is recognised as being at the forefront of lecturing to Professional Accountancy students in Ireland. He has earned an exceptional reputation with accountancy students for his diligence and commitment to assisting them in passing their ACCA exams.
He has lectured students placed first in the World in F7/FR and a number who were placed 2nd in F7/FR and F8/AA. He has had numerous students who have been placed at national and international levels in F7/FR, F8/AA and P7/AAA.
Dave is a Fellow of ACCA and holds a Masters in Accountancy. He was previously the Course Director of Professional Accountancy at Griffith College.
ACCA Subjects: Financial Reporting – FR, Audit and Assurance – AA, Advanced Audit and Assurance – AAA
Liam Doran
FCCA, MBS (Finance)
Liam is Finance Director and a senior lecturer at AccountancySchool.ie and specialises in the areas of financial accounting and financial management. He has over 20 years’ experience teaching to ACCA, ACA and CPA students preparing for the final examinations of their respective professional bodies and he brings a practical approach to the delivery of the technical content of the various accounting standards.
He has been instrumental in establishing the CPD School at AccountancySchool.ie and has been involved in delivering numerous CPD courses in the areas of Financial Reporting and Financial Management with ACCA and also directly to corporate clients.
ACCA Subjects: Strategic Business Reporting – SBR, Advanced Financial Management – AFM
Shane O’Grady
BSc
Shane is a full-time Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie in the areas of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Strategy. Prior to joining AccountancySchool.ie, Shane was a member of the Enterprise Risk Services team in Deloitte. Shane has lectured on ACA, ACCA, CPA and IATI courses for the past number of years and he has developed an outstanding reputation due in no small part to his approachability and focus on examinations.
ACCA Subjects: Strategic Business Leader – SBL
Sandra Gleeson
AITI, FCCA, DipIFR, IATI
Sandra is a Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie and specialises in Tax, Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. She has lectured to ACCA, CPA, IATI, CIMA and ACA students since 2002. Sandra has an exam focused teaching approach and an ability to simplify the more difficult areas of the syllabus. Sandra’s commitment and enthusiasm in assisting students to achieve exam success has earned her an outstanding reputation.
ACCA Subjects: Taxation -TX, Advanced Taxation – ATX
Mick Bristow
BSc (Mgmt), FCCA, DipIFR
Michael is a Senior Lecturer in the area of Management Accounting and Performance Management. He has extensive experience in the area of Management Accounting and decision making. He has lectured on both ACCA and CPA courses and worked in both senior Management Accounting and Analyst roles. Michael is an ACCA qualified lecturer and received a number of placings during the course of his own examinations including a 1st in the world in Advanced Performance Management.
ACCA Subjects: Management Accounting – MA, Performance Management – PM, Financial Management – FM, Advance Performance Management – APM
Michael Donnelly
FCCA
Michael Donnelly has been lecturing accountancy students since 1998 on ACCA and other accounting course. He has also lectured for state bodies and on numerous Continuous Professional Development Courses (CPD) mainly on Tax and IFRS.
He has acted in positions of financial controller and director in retail, construction and property development companies since 1996. Michael has also advised numerous corporate and private tax clients over the least 20 years.
ACCA Subjects: Financial Accounting – FA, Audit and Assurance – AA, Advanced Audit and Assurance – AAA
Michael Barry
ND(BS), ACMA, MSc(Finance), AMCT, CGMA
Michael has over 21 years of international lecturing experience, at both professional and academic levels. He joined BPP Ireland in 2003 after returning from a seven year project in South-East Asia. Michael become a welcome addition to the professional team at AccountancySchool.ie in January 2013.
Michael brings a wealth of experience to classroom delivery producing exceptional pass rates and world prize winners. As both a Chartered Management Accountant and Treasurer, Michael specialises in Advanced Financial Management and Management Accounting across a range of professional programmes.
Michael is a former World Prize-Winner with experience in both Airline and Software Engineering Sectors. He has been a member of many Professional and Academic Boards with various institutions and designed Professional Development programmes for finance staff of listed companies in both Asia and Europe.
ACCA Subjects: Management Accounting – MA, Performance Management – PM, Advanced Financial Management – AFM, Advanced Performance Management – APM
Sean McLoughney
Sean McLoughney, founder of LearningCurve, is a sought after learning and development specialist, author and speaker. Recently he reached a new milestone of 12 years in business and has helped over 10000 professionals at every level to improve their performance. In addition to his work with LearningCurve Sean is a senior lecturer (Accountant in Business – ACCA) as well as a senior lecturer for IPASS. He also wrote, designed and delivers the highly successful Diploma in Managing People for the Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Sean is an internationally published author. His first book “Slave to the Clock, Master of Time” helps you to improve your time management skills. Slave to a Job, Master of your Career is his second book and it outlines how people can plan and progress their careers, even in these challenging times. Sean’s third book “Meaningful Performance Reviews” is published by Chartered Accountants Ireland.
ACCA Subjects: Business and Technology – BT
Dr Val Corbett
BCL, LLM, PhD
Val Corbett graduated with BCL and LLM degrees from the National University of Ireland, Cork in 1997 and 1998 respectively. He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2008. In 2017, Val was awarded his PhD from Trinity College Dublin.
Val was formerly the Head of the Law School at Independent College Dublin (2007- 2016) and prior to that was Head of the Law School at Griffith College Dublin (2001-2007). His principal research has been concerned with the law of torts, personality rights and employment law. He has published in a number of Irish and international peer-reviewed journals in these fields. He has also published a number of student texts in the Law of Torts and has co-authored Employment Law in Ireland (Clarus Press, Dublin 2009).
Val lectures on the subject Corporate and business Law with AccountancySchool.ie.
ACCA Subjects: Corporate and Business Law – LW
Mel Kilkenny
BComm AITI Paper Specialist
Mel has lectured taxation subjects for ACCA examinations (at BPP, Independent College and more recently City College) since 1992. He is highly exam focused in his approach, and is admired for his personable, and practical teaching style. Mel is the author of the well-regarded Kilkenny Tax Publications textbooks and revision kits for TX and ATX which are popular with Tax students throughout the country. He is also an experienced examiner, having spent a number of years as examiner for the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Irish Tax Institute.
ACCA Subjects: Advanced Taxation
