Chairperson, Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Ireland
Chairperson of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism and Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies, National University of Ireland Maynooth. She is also the Personal Representative of the Chair in Office of the OSCE on Discrimination. She has been active in promoting civil society organizations and community sector participation in Ireland and in Europe. She was appointed a member of the Irish State Council for the period 2004-2011.