CEO and solicitor. Previously worked as managing solicitor of the Mercy Law Resource Centre before joining Community Law & Mediation (CLM) as CEO in 2013. In 2021, set up CLM’s (and Ireland’s first) Centre for Environmental Justice. Board member of Community Foundation Ireland and member of the Law Society Human Rights Committee and IBA Access to Justice Committee. Regularly lectures and speaks on topics such as environmental justice, access to justice and human rights. CLM is a community based, independent law centre providing services nationwide and operating in two locations: Dublin and Limerick. It was founded in 1975 and assists almost 5,000 people annually through its legal, mediation and education services. CLM also campaigns for law reform, and for the safeguarding of rights already enshrined in law.The Centre for Environmental Justice works to ensure that marginalised groups are not disproportionately impacted by climate change or other environmental harms, and that environmental measures and climate action protect and build equality and social justice.