At the Church of Ireland General Synod 2024 Diocesan members of Synod elected four representatives to the Standing Committee of the Church of Ireland, and two members have been elected to the Representative Church Body at Diocesan Synod.

Hilda Connolly, Helen Arnopp, the Rev. Canon John Ardis and the Archdeacon, the Ven. Andrew Orr have been elected to the Standing Committee. The Standing Committee carries out the functions of the General Synod which have been delegated to it by the Synod, while the Synod is not in session. The business of the Standing Committee is varied and includes consideration of state legislation affecting the Church, financial matters, appointment of delegates to conferences etc., appointments to sub–committees, receiving reports from sub–committees on social and other issues, Anglican Communion matters and inter–church business.

Helen Arnopp, and the Dean of Cork, the Very Rev. Nigel Dunne have been elected to the Representative Church Body (RCB). The RCB is the Church of Ireland’s central trustee body, responsible for its finance, property, investments, and other central services serving the Church.

This year, Wilfred Baker, Diocesan Lay Reader and former Diocesan Secretary, announced his retirement from General Synod after 41 years. Wilfred has also served on the Standing Committee since 1985.