Career
On three occasions she contested the Dáil constituency of Dublin South–Central for the PDs: at the 1992 general election, a by-election in 1994 and the 1997 general election. She was elected to South Dublin County Council for the electoral area of Terenure-Rathfarnham in 1999 and 2004. At the 2011 general election she contested Dublin South–West, but failed to be elected.
In April 2011 she was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel.
She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2014 Dublin South–West by-election.