Caru Team
Meet the Caru Team
Caru has a Regional Lead based in each of the 9 Community Healthcare Organisations (CHO’s).
Please contact the Regional Lead from your CHO if you or your Nursing Home want to get involved in Caru, or if you want to find out more information on how the programme can help you.
Caru Regional Leads
Clodagh McGuinness
CHO 1
Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan, Monaghan
Liz Jacques
CHO 2
Galway, Roscommon, Mayo
Mary Fahy
CHO 3
Clare, Limerick, North Tipp
Mark Murphy
CHO 4
Kerry, Cork
Janet Tobin
CHO 5
South Tipp, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford
Mary Ferns
CHO 6
Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin South East
Ann-Marie Murphy
CHO 7
Kildare, West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, Dublin South West
Sharon O’Brien
CHO 8
Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth, Meath
Alison McMahon
CHO 9
Dublin North, Dublin North Central, Dublin Northwest
Caru Management Team
The Caru programme is managed by a National Team delivered in each CHO region by 9 Regional Leads in partnership with the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) and the HSE.
Sheena Murphy, Education and Standards National Manager
Kate Steele, Programme Manager
Siobhán Murphy, Director of Healthcare
Delivery Partners
Karen Charnley, Director for All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
Miriam Ahern, Caru All Ireland Project ECHO and Webinars Lead, All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care