Education
University College Dublin.
University College Dublin.
She was elected by the Cultural and Educational Panel. She was first elected to the Seanad in 1992 and re-elected at every subsequent election until she lost her seat at the 2011 election. Born in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, she was educated at the Presentation Convent, Clonmel and University College Dublin.
She is a former Career Guidance Counsellor.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dáil in the Dublin South constituency at the 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1997 general elections.
She served as a member of South Dublin County Council for the Terenure / Rathfarnham from 1985–2004.