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Mr Paddy Richardson

  • From: Parole Board

  • Published on: 2 August 2021
  • Last updated on: 24 April 2025

Paddy Richardson has over 25 years’ experience working in the criminal justice system. He is the founder and former Chief Executive of IASIO (nowTOSÚ), which provides a wide range of resettlement, rehabilitation and reintegration services for people in the criminal justice system referred by the Probation Service and the Irish Prison Service. Prior to working within the criminal justice sector, he also developed and led various programmes within the Disability, Homeless, and Immigrant sectors. Paddy holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration, a Diploma in Management Studies, a Diploma in Rehabilitation Science, and a Diploma in Social Policy & Criminology. He is also an EMCC accredited Practitioner in Personal, Leadership and Executive Coaching.