John Boyle (trade unionist)
John Boyle | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of INTO | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sheila Nunan |
| President of INTO | |
| In office 2017–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Rosena Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Joe Killeen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mullaghduff, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Alma mater | St Patrick's College, Dublin |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher, trade union activist |
John Boyle is an Irish trade unionist.
Boyle was born in Mullaghduff, County Donegal. He attended Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola in Falcarragh, County Donegal. He studied at St. Patrick's College in Drumcondra from 1983–1986, before graduating and becoming a staff member at Scoil Mhuire, Ballyboden from 1986–2000.
He became a schoolteacher and joined the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO). Within the union, he was a staff representative, chairperson of his branch, and later chair of INTO's district 8 (Wicklow and South Dublin). In 2004, he was elected to the union's Central Executive Committee. In 2016 he was elected Vice-President, before serving as President during 2017–2018.
Boyle was elected as general secretary of INTO in late 2018, defeating Alison Gilliland and Deirdre O'Connor, and took up the post in 2019. At the time, he was principal of St Colmcille's Junior National School in Knocklyon, Dublin where he had worked since 2000.