The National Youth Council of Ireland also known as the NYCI is a representative body for Irish youth organisations, a role that is recognised in the 2001 Youth Work Act. Currently there are 43 national youth organisations who are full member of the NYCI, another 10 organisations have corresponding or observer status.

The member organisations include a wide variety of youth organisations active at a national level and include youth club organisations, Scouting and Guiding or similar uniformed youth organisations, youth wings of political parties, Irish language youth organisations, and various other single issue and specialist youth groups.

NYCI is a member of the European apex organisation for youth organisations and councils called the European Youth Forum

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The NYCI publish a newsletter called Clár na nÓg on a monthly basis.

Board

The board consists of a president, vice president, treasurer and 15 ordinary board members. They are:

• James O'Leary - National Association of Traveller Centres - President
• Eddie D'Arcy - Catholic Youth Care - Vice President
• David Owens
  David Owens
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   - An Óige
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   - Treasurer
• Jennifer Cummins - National Association for Youth Drama
• Karen Cunningham - Foroige & IAC Chairperson
• Diarmuid Kearney - National Youth Federation
• Colm Markey - Macra na Feirme
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• Elaine Nevin - Environmental Conservation Organisation
• John Cahill - Foroige
• Vicky Rattigan - Young Christian Workers
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• Maeliosa de Buitlear - Scouting Ireland
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• Jennifer Dowling - Irish Girl Guides
  Irish Girl Guides
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• William Lavelle - Young Fine Gael
  Young Fine Gael
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• Cathal Lee - Ógra Fianna Fáil
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• Eithne Kilty - Scouting Ireland
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• Denis Ryan - Ógra Fianna Fáil
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• Simon Harris - Young Fine Gael
  Young Fine Gael
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Organisations in Membership

• AIESEC
  AIESEC
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• An Óige
  An Óige
  An Óige , or the Irish Youth Hostel Association is the Hostelling International's association for the Republic Of Ireland....
  
  
• Catholic Guides of Ireland
  Catholic Guides of Ireland
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• Catholic Youth Care
• Church of Ireland Youth Department
• Comhchoiste Náisiúnta na gColáistí Samhraidh
• Confederation of Peace Corps
• DYCW - The Methodist Church in Ireland
• EIL - Intercultural Learning
• Environmental Conservation Organisation
• ESB Community Games
• Exchange House
• Feachtas
• Foróige
• Gael Linn
  Gael Linn
  Gael Linn is an organization devoted to the Irish language and arts.It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, founded in 1953 to foster the Irish language and promote artistic events. On the business side, they run the Gael-Linn Records record label, which is partly funded by the Irish...
  
  
• Girls' Brigade Ireland
• Girls' Friendly Society
• ICTU Youth Committee
• Irish Girl Guides
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• Irish Red Cross Youth
• Junior Chamber Ireland
• Labour Youth
  Labour Youth
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• Macra na Feirme
  Macra na feirme
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• National Association for Traveller Centres
• National Association for Youth Drama
• National Committee for Diocesan Youth Directors
• National Forum for Local Voluntary Youth Councils
• National Youth Federation
• No Name Clubs
• Ógra Chorcaí
• Ógra Fianna Fáil
  Fianna Fáil
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• Ógra Shinn Féin
  Ógra Shinn Féin
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• Ógras
• Order of Malta Cadets
• Pavee Point
  Pavee Point
  Pavee Point is a government-funded non-governmental organization based in Dublin, Ireland that was formed to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people...
  
  
• Presbyterian Youth Board
• Scouting Ireland
  Scouting Ireland
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• SVP Youth Clubs Council
• Union of Students in Ireland
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• Voluntary Service International
• YMCA Ireland
• Young Christian Workers
  Young Christian Workers
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• Young Fine Gael
  Young Fine Gael
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• YWCA of Ireland

Organisations with Observer Status

• Coiste na nIarchimí
• Muintearas na nOilean
  Muintearas
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• Union of Secondary Students
  Union of Secondary Students
  The Union of Secondary Students was founded in January 2001 by Shane O'Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. With the help of the Union of Students in Ireland, the founders set up a meeting, which took place in University College Dublin on 28 March 2001...
  
  
• Young Greens (Ireland)
  Young Greens (Ireland)
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Organisations with Corresponding Status

• Blakestown and Mountview Youth Inititiative
• Enable Ireland
• Glencree Youth Group
• IntroArt
• Irish Family Planning Association
• Irish Wheelchair Association
  Irish Wheelchair Association
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