DERMOT O’Leary, Danny Boyle and Carey Mulligan are among the Irish names which feature on a newly-published Catholic power list.
The Television presenter, film director and actor are joined by the likes of footballer Wayne Rooney and WAG Coleen, Scottish historian Sir Tom Devine and pop sensation Sam Smith, who is the youngest name in the Top 100 list.
Compiled by The Tablet – a weekly journal for the Catholic community in Britain - the religious power list cites Irish Canadian Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England – as the most influential Catholic in the country.
The list, which has been created to mark The Tablet’s 175-year anniversary, was compiled on the grounds of “influence and standing in British society, covers laity only and refers to Catholics currently living in this country, rather than those born here”, the publication confirms today.
Catherine Pepinster, Editor of The Tablet, explained: “The Tablet’s Top 100 lay people of 2015 reflects the enormous contribution of Catholics to this country and beyond, in leadership positions in every sector from banking to the arts to sport and to running major charities.”
Where the Irish placed:
1 Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England
3 Robert Hannigan – Director of GCHQ
14 Sir Peter Sutherland – Chairman of Goldman Sachs International
20 Sir Peter Fahy – Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
52 Eamon Duffy – Historian
57 Jon Cruddas – Labour MP
63 Danny Boyle - Film director
78 Declan Donnelly – Television presenter
80 Dermot O’Leary – Television presenter
81 Frances O’Grady – General Secretary TUC
86 Carey Mulligan – Actress
The Top Ten:
1 Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England
2 Sir Michael Winshaw – Chief Inspector of Schools
3 Robert Hannigan – Director of GCHQ
4 Dame Helen Ghosh – Director-General of the National Trust
5 Dame Colette Bowe – Chairman of the Banking Standards Board
6 Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow – Founder of Mary’s Meals
7 Sir Tom Devine – Scottish Historian
8 Paul Polman – CEO of Unilever
9 Francis Campbell – Vice Chancellor of St Mary’s University, Twickenham
10 John Studzinski – Financier and Philanthropist
