Bio
Eoin McGrath is a Principal Geologist at Geological Survey Ireland. An exploration geologist with a structural background, he did his undergraduate degree at University College Dublin before moving to Norway where he worked with the Norwegian Centre of Excellence – Physics of Geological Processes at the University of Oslo. Having completed a Masters there he moved back to Ireland to work with the Fault Analysis Group at University College Dublin before spending a year working for the Exploration and Mining Division. Following his time in EMD, Eoin then moved into the private sector, working with Aurum Exploration for the best part of the next decade working all over the world searching for new mineral deposits. He joined the Survey in 2018 to lead the minerals programme and over the coming years his role will focus on delivering Ireland’s response to the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act and ensuring a sustainable and secure supply of construction raw materials for Ireland.
