About Mairead
Mairead is a Program Manager, BE, PMP®, LLB from Roscommon, West of Ireland and is an Independent Candidate in Seanad Elections 2025 (NUI Panel).1
Mairead advocates for NUI Graduates, Housing, Homelessness, Workers (Commuters), Fair Treatment of Renters and Mortgage Prisoners, Health, Equality (Gender Balance and Pensions) and Human Rights.
Mairead is a home-owner in Donamon2, Roscommon, who also cares about Homelessness, Housing for all, Affordability, Fairer Treatment of Renters, Commuters, Mortgage Prisoners, Donegal Pyrite Homes Redress, Emergency Scoliosis Treatment for Children, Social justice and many other causes. Mairead is also a frequent commuter to Dublin.
Mairead was a student at the Convent of Mercy Roscommon Town3 and competing at Gael Linn4 inter-school competitions in Connaught. Mairead graduated from UCD with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering5, followed by a post-graduate in Computing & Software Design in Athlone Institute of Technology (now Technology University of Shannon).6
Mairead has worked In Ireland and internationally with global Technology company Ericsson, on short- and long-term Business Program Management assignments in multiple EU countries, Middle East (Gulf Countries) and Asia (Japan and Taiwan). While working as a Customer Project Manager in Austria, Mairead also volunteered in the kitchen of Caritas Gruft7, Vienna’s best-known Caritas facility for homeless people.
Gruft served hot cooked meals for homeless people in the city and increased Mairead’s understanding of homelessness and socio-economic issues. Mairead also worked on the ground for two years in the Middle East, delivering technology programs in Gulf Countries Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. This greatly increased Mairead’s confidence, cultural dexterity and adaptability skills.
Mairead returned to Ireland in 2015 working as an Independent self-employed Project & Program Management Consultant in Technology, ICT and FinTech in Dublin. Mairead believes in continuous education and decided to take a Law degree (instead of doing an MBA), to gain the knowledge to help others and make a greater contribution to society, not only working for corporations that make profit for shareholders.
Mairead chose to study Law at Technology University Dublin8 as it was a full-time evening degree for working professionals with all lectures held in evening time and tutorials at weekends. It was also cost competitive in terms of fees.
Mairead completed the 8 Core Law subjects in BA Law, followed by Administrative Law, Criminology, Evidence, Employment Law, Family Law and Immigration / Refugee Law in LLB at TUD.
Mairead has also passed Law Society Ireland entrance examinations in Irish Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Criminal Law, European Union Law, Equity, Property Law and Tort Law.9
- https://www.nui.ie/news/2024/SE_2025/PressReleaseSE2025Candidates.asp ↩︎
- https://www.discoversuckvalleyway.ie/villages/donamon/8 ↩︎
- https://rosconvent.ie/ ↩︎
- https://www.gael-linn.ie/en/home ↩︎
- https://www.ucd.ie/eleceng/ ↩︎
- https://tus.ie/ ↩︎
- https://www.gruft.at/ ↩︎
- https://www.tudublin.ie/study/undergraduate/courses/law-tu918/ ↩︎
- https://www.lawsociety.ie/education–cpd/Become-a-Solicitor/FE-1-exam/syllabus/ ↩︎