Meet the Team

Colm O Raghallaigh MBS, M.Sc.   colm@trenchcontrol.ie
Colm has been our Managing Director since joining TCL in 2001 from the Smurfit Group. As well as managing all aspects of commercial operations in TCL, he is also responsible for our sister companies, Shorcontrol Safety in Naas, and Citrus Training in Northampton.

Michael Darcy B.Sc. (Hons) Q.S.   mdarcy@trenchcontrol.ie
Having joined the company directly from college, Michael handles all aspects of pricing and contract negotiation for the piling division.

Pamela Dunne BBS (Mgt)   pdunne@trenchcontrol.ie
Pamela has been with TCL for over 20 years and is responsible the company’s commercial operations, and in particular for our contracting department and hire desk.

Tom Kehoe MEng CEng MIMechEtkehoe@trenchcontrol.ie
Tom joined us with significant experience in temporary works design gained in numerous projects in Ireland and the UK. As our Senior Geotechnical engineer, he is responsible for design work.

Keith Thomson Bsc Arch Tech kthomson@trenchcontrol.ie
Keith is our Contracts Director and has over 30 years construction industry experience. Originally from an architectural background, he has been working in civil engineering contracts management for the last 10 years and has extensive knowledge of piling works.

Jason Radcliffe – Contracts Manager Jason@trenchcontrol.ie
Jason has been with the company for over 17 years and was formerly a rig driver/banksman for TCL. He has now brought this experience into contracts management and currently looks after the management of our site operations and personnel.

Channine Brady   cbrady@trenchcontrol.ie
Channine joined the company in 2006, and has worked as a key person on the hire desk since that time.Channine is responsible for the coordination of hire products, transport, and office operations.

James O’Brien – Sales Manager jobrien@trenchcontrol.ie
James spent many years in the construction industry before moving into sales. James has an extensive knowledge of all Trench controls products and offers sales support to all our customers.

Aidan Delaney ACMA, CGMA – adelaney@trenchcontrol.ie
Aidan is our Group finance director, with responsibility for our Irish and UK operations and that of Our sister company Shorcontrol Safety. Having accumulated 13 years experience with us, Aidan brings a commercial and customer driven focus to this role.

Paddy Kelly BEng MIEI paddy@trenchcontrol.ie
Paddy is our Technical Sales Representative in the South Dublin and Leinster area. He joins us with over 18 year’s experience in the construction industry. He is originally from a Civil Engineering and Site Management background and now brings his onsite experience to our sales team.

James Lordan jlordan@trenchcontrol.ie
James is our Technical Sales Representative covering the Munster and Galway region. James has been working in the construction industry over 30 years both on site and sales. James offers Sales Support to all our customers and helps with practical solutions for on site excavations.