She writes weekly news stories on EU issues for Irish local newspapers under the ‘Eurolink’ contract for the European Parliament, and freelances for The Irish Independent and Northside People. She can also be heard reading the weekend news on Today FM and Newstalk. Between 2004 and 2007, she was a reporter at the radio news agency INN, and before that a reporter at East Coast FM. She taught English at Michel de Montaigne University in Bordeaux, France, has an M.Phil in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity and a BA from NUI Galway.