Dr Bridget McNally
Associate Professor
Deputy Head of School
Biography
Bridget Mc Nally qualified as a chartered accountant in 1985 and as a member of the Irish Tax Institute in 1987. Post qualification, she worked in professional practice as a taxation consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. and in 1991 moved to Irish Life & Permanent Plc, where she subsequently became head of group tax. In 2000, she joined Maynooth University as a lecturer in accounting. She completed her M.Litt in 2004 and her PhD in 2011. In 2020, she was appointed as Associate Professor in Accounting and as one of the Deputy Heads of the School of Business, Maynooth University. Her current research interests centres on old age retirement provision and on the practical application of International Accounting Standards. She has published both nationally and internationally and has presented her research at numerous peer reviewed conference presentations, nationally and internationally. She is a member of the Irish Pension Policy Research Group (PPRG) and the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (ENRSP).
Research Interests
Bridget's primary research interests are in the development of sustainable retirement income provisioning systems, the regulation of private pension systems and appropriate reporting and disclosures of pension fund performance and key pension performance indicators.
Bridget is also interested in the practical applications of International Accounting Standards, particularly in situations where application of the standards present potential challenges in the context of "True and Fair" and "Fair Presentation".
Bridget is also interested in the practical applications of International Accounting Standards, particularly in situations where application of the standards present potential challenges in the context of "True and Fair" and "Fair Presentation".
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | hochlova,H,; McNally,B.; Hayden, M.T.; Kinsella,A. (2025) 'Pension Provision in the Farming sector - Lessons from Europe'. Journal of Rural Studies, 116 . | |
| 2025 | Hayden, M.T.; Shin, M.W.; Kinsella, A.; McNally, B. (2025) 'Evidence from the ground: Insights into collaborative farming for generational renewal'. Journal of Rural Studies, 113 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Shin, M.W.; Kinsella,A.; Hayden,M T.; McNally,B. (2023) 'The role of Collaborative Farming in Generational Renewal and Farm Succession'. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, . http://dx.doi.org/:%2010.22434/IFAMR2023.0070 | |
| 2023 | McNally, B, and T. O'Connor (2023) 'The corporate governance lifecycle in emerging markets – the case of the Korea Republic'. Corporate Governance International Journal of Business in Society, . | |
| 2022 | Laura Parte, Anne Marie Garvey, Bridget McNally, and Jose Antonio Gonzalo-Angulo (2022) 'True and fair view/fair presentation as a nexus between conventional accounting, sustainability accounting and Islamic accounting: unifying three frameworks?'. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Garvey A.M.; Parte L.; McNally B.; Gonzalo-Angulo J.A. (2021) 'True and fair override: Accounting expert opinions, explanations from behavioural theories, and discussions for sustainability accounting'. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (4):1-23. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2021 | Hayden M.T.; McNally B.; Kinsella A. (2021) 'Exploring state pension provision policy for the farming community'. Journal of Rural Studies, 86 :262-269. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2019 | Garvey, A. McNally, B. and T. O'Connor. (2019) 'Valuation of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes in IAS 19 Employee Benefits – True and Fair?'. JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE, 27 :31-42. [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | McNally,Bridget and Stewart, Jim (2014) 'The Role of Costs in Irish Pension fund Performance'. JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, Vol. 4. No.1 . [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | Thomas OConnor, Bridget McNally and Julie Byrne (2014) 'Which Factors Determine The Capital Structure of Non-financial Publicly Traded Irish Firms'. The Accounting, Finance and Governance Review, Volumn 22 (Summer 2015):27-59. [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | Stewart J.; McNally B. (2014) 'Trustees and pension schemes in Ireland'. JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE, 22 (1):2-14. [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Bridget McNally and Thomas OConnor (2013) 'Actuarial valuation of Pension Schemes: An Irish Perspective'. The Accounting, Finance and Governance Review, Volumn 20 (Summer 2013):45-70. [Full-Text] | |
| 2002 | B. McNally (2002) 'FRS 19 - Deferred Tax - Is not SSAP 15 in Disguise - Find Out Why!'. ACCOUNTANCY IRELAND (JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND), 34 . |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hayden, M.T.; Kinsella, A.; Shin, M.W.; McNally, B. (2024) 'Regeneration through Collaboration' TResearch, Published by Teagasc, . [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | Bridget McNally and Thomas OConnor (2014) 'Actuarial valuation of Pension Schemes' Accountancy Ireland, Vol.46 :54-56. [Full-Text] |
Conference Publication
Conference Contribution
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Shin, M., Kinsella, A., Hayden, M.T. and McNally B. (2023) Agricultural Economics Society (UK) Annual Conference A Comprehensive Insight to Collaborative Farming for Generational Renewal in the Agricultural Industry University of Warwick, UK, . | |
| 2023 | Hlochova, H.; McNally, B.; Hayden, M.T.; Kinsella, A. (2023) Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference Pensions in The Farming Sector - Lessons to be learned from Europe University of Galway, . | |
| 2023 | Hlochova, H., McNally B., Hayden, M.T. and Kinsella A. (2023) Pension Policy Research Group Seminar Pensions in the Farming Sector- Lessons to be learned from Europe University College Dublin, . | |
| 2022 | Bridget McNally, (2022) PPRG 2022 Annual Research Seminar Annual pension policy research seminar Online- hosted by School of Business, Maynooth University, 06/01/2022-06/01/2022. | |
| 2022 | Emer Mulligan, Bridget McNally, Jessica van den Heuvel- Warren (2022) PPRG Annual Research Seminar 2022 Annual pension policy research seminar Online- hosted by Maynooth University, 06/01/2022-06/01/2022. | |
| 2022 | Emer Mulligan, Bridget McNally, Jessica van den Heuvel- Warren (2022) The European Semester; a driver of National Pension Policy; evidence from the Netherlands and Ireland IAFA 2022 Annual conference Maynooth University, . | |
| 2020 | Bridget McNally (2020) PPRG Annual Seminar 2020 The 2020 annual seminar of the Pension Policy Research Group featured the latest research from 6 contributors on Pension policy and retirement provision Maynooth University - Renehan Hall, 10/01/2020-10/01/2020. | |
| 2020 | Bridget McNally & Michael Hayden (2020) PPRG Annual Seminar 2020 Pensions Roadmap - A Farming Perspective Maynooth University - Renehan Hall, 10/01/2020-10/01/2020. | |
| 2019 | Bridget Mc Nally (2019) PPRG 2019 Annual Conference Annual Conference of Pension Policy Research Group Trinity College, 21/06/2019-21/06/2019. | |
| 2018 | Bridget Mc Nally (2018) Irish Pension Policy - Objectives for Pillars 1 & 2 PPRG Conference June 2018 TCD, . | |
| 2018 | Bridget Mc Nally (2018) European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions ENRSP Conference NUIG, . | |
| 2018 | Bridget Mc Nally (2018) Total Contributions Approach - PPRG workshop and conference PPRG workshop and conference TCD, . | |
| 2017 | B Mc Nally (2017) Actuarial Valuation of DB Schemes- True or Fair? Pension Policy Research Group/Fair Tax Seminar NUIG, 13/01/2017-13/01/2017. | |
| 2016 | Bridget Mc Nally (2016) Jornada de Trabajo: Soluciones Europeas a la Crisis Financiera de Irlanda Post Crisis- A Perspective Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain, . | |
| 2014 | B Mc Nally & J Stewart (2014) Pension Funds and Governance 2nd Annual NERI Labour Market Conference UCC, 14/05/2014-14/05/2014. | |
| 2014 | (2014) pension Funds and Governance: the Role of Trusts 2nd Annual NERI Labour Market Conference University College Cork, . | |
| 2013 | (2013) The Role of Costs in Pension Fund Performance 8th Annual London Business Research Conference Imperial College, London, UK, . [Full-Text] | |
| 2010 | (2010) Pension Scheme Deficits - Have Trustees a case to Answer? IAFA 2010 Annual Conference University Of Ulster, Belfast Conference, . | |
| 2009 | Bridget Mc Nally (2009) Actuarial Valuation of Pension Schemes- Only a matter for the actuary? Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference Quinn Business School, UCD, . | |
| 2006 | B McNally& J Stewart (2006) Occupational Pension Schemes in Ireland - A Review of Risks and Investment Strategies Annual BAFA Conference- Portsmouth Business School Portsmouth Business School, 20/04/2006-20/04/2006. | |
| 2003 | B Mc Nally & J Stewart (2003) Occupational Pension Schemes in Ireland - A Review of Risks and Investment Strategies Annual IAFA Conference IT Tallaght, 09/05/2003-09/05/2003. |
Published Report
Media
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michael T. Hayden, Bridget McNally and Anne Kinsella (2021) Exploring state pension provision policy for the farming community. [Media] [Full-Text] | |
| 2021 | Michael T. Hayden and, Bridget McNally (2021) Why Irish Farmers face big issues when it comes to pensions. [Media] |
Newspaper Articles
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Teaching Interests
Bridget has lectured extensively in Financial Accounting/ Financial Reporting and Analysis at both Undergraduate and postgraduate level. She also engages annually in Masters theses supervision.
She has been heavily involved in the design of Accounting programmes and modules, both undergraduate and postgraduate and the accreditation of accounting programmes by the Professional Accounting Bodies.
She has been heavily involved in the design of Accounting programmes and modules, both undergraduate and postgraduate and the accreditation of accounting programmes by the Professional Accounting Bodies.