IPRT Staff
Liam Herrick: Executive Director
Liam has been Executive Director of IPRT since November 2007. Before that he was the first Senior Legislation and Policy Review Officer with the Irish Human Rights Commission, a position he held for four years. He has a broad range of experience in the NGO and State sector, having worked with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Law Reform Commission. Liam was a Board member of the Children’s Rights Alliance until 2011.
Mary Gaffney: Office Manager
Mary Gaffney is responsible for providing high level office administration and accounting functions at the Irish Penal Reform Trust.
Mary has had extensive experience in the Voluntary and Community Sector to date, and was appointed to this role in March 2009. Prior to this role, she was the Coordinator of an EU Funded Project in the EQUAL Programme, which was one of four Community Initiatives co-financed by the EU in Ireland. Mary has also worked in various departments within the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Jane Mulcahy: Research and Policy Officer
As Research and Policy Officer Jane’s responsibilities include conducting high quality research, developing policy papers and contributing to IPRT’s lobbying and engagement with the legal profession, the academic community and the judiciary.
Jane previously worked as Senior Legal Researcher at the Codification of the Criminal Law Unit at UCD. Before that she was engaged in researching the law of homicide at the Law Reform Commission.
Fíona Ní Chinnéide: Campaigns and Communications Officer
Fíona's role is to raise awareness of IPRT and its work through the development and implementation of an effective campaigns and communications strategy.
In her former role, as PR & Communications Manager for the European Youth Card Association, she managed a number of European cross-media campaigns, focussing on aspects of active citizenship and human rights, supported by the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Fíona also has extensive experience working in communications within the not-for-profit sector in Ireland, and also as a freelance editor.