Background
McLaughlin, Eithne was born on December 29, 1959 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Daughter of Arthur Eugene McLaughlin, Moira Philomena Quinn.
McLaughlin, Eithne was born on December 29, 1959 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Daughter of Arthur Eugene McLaughlin, Moira Philomena Quinn.
Bachelor honors, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Master of Philosophy in Social Anthropology & Material Culture, University Cambridge, England, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1987.
Adult education officer Derry Development Education Group, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1984—1987. Research fellow University York, York, 1988—1990. Lecturer Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, 1990—1994, professor social policy Ireland, since 1995.
Member for Northern Ireland Social Security Advisory Commission, London, since 1999. Non-executive director Eastern Health & Social Services Board, Belfast, 1994—2003. Member Post Primary Review Body, Belfast, 2001.
Member Commission on Social Justice, London, 1982—1984. Chair Derry Women's Aid, 1982—1988, Belfast Group of Citizen's Advice Bureaux, 1992—1994. Vice-chair, member Standing Advisory Commission Human Rights, 1992—1997.
Member Northern Ireland Human Organs Inquiry, 2001. Board trustees Museum & Galleries Northern Ireland, since 2002. Fellow: Academy Learned Societies in the Social Science, Royal Society Arts.
Member: British Society Advancement of Science (president 1999), Association Social Anthropologists, Social Policy Association (chair 1998—2001).
Married Patrick Clarke, May 5, 1984. Children: Matthew Culann Clarke, Malachy Connor Clarke.