She graduated at the University of Dublin in 1981 and taught in some of the main European Universities like the School of Architecture DIT, the Queen University and the Cardiff University. She is a prestigious member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and currently directs the Irish McCollough Mulvin Architects firm. Many of her projects are strongly valued because of their high socio-cultural importance and have been awarded with numerous prizes and mentions. Some of them are The Source Arts Centre & Library RIAI Best Public/Cultural Building of 2007, the Trinity Long Room Hub RIAI Best Educational Building and the Blackrock Quartet Irish Georgian Society Conservation Medal in 2015. Many of her works have been exposed in the most renowned European architectural expositions namely the Lisbon Triennial in 2007, the Venice Biennial in 2008, the World Architecture Festival in 2009 and in 2010, the Mies Van der Rohe Awards in 2005 and in 2011.