“Once a graduate, always a graduate.”
Ellen Gunning

About Us
The Irish Academy of Public Relations is a private college which focuses, exclusively, on teaching communications skills to a worldwide audience of students. The Academy was founded by our director, Ellen Gunning, in 1992.
Tutors

Brenda Murphy
Public Relations Tutor
Brenda Murphy is account manager at strategic communications consultancy AM O’Sullivan PR in Cork.

Jay Hunter
Mobile Journalism Tutor
Jay Hunter is best known as the host of the documentary vodcast OSW Review; incorporating his skills of journalism and presentation, as well as intensive audio, video and photo editing.

Maria Carolan
PR & Event Management Tutor
Maria Carolan has been involved in PR, marketing, events coordination & social media for audiovisual and culture industries throughout her career.

Tony McCullagh
Journalism Tutor
Tony McCullagh is a Dublin based journalism tutor. He is group editor of Dublin People, publishers of Northside and Southside People, and is content editor for the dublinpeople.com website.