Dr. Damien Brennan

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Damien ’s teaching and research are focused on the sociology of health and illness, contexts of care provision, mental health, and intellectual disability.

Professor Cecily Begley

Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Thelma Begley

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Vanessa Boland

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Vivienne Brady

Head of Discipline, Midwifery

Vivienne teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her specific research interests are in action research, women's health and maternity care.

Professor Anne-Marie Brady

Professor of Nursing + Chronic Illness, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Eilish Burke

Director of Research, Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing

Eilish is part of the IDS-TILDA research team with specific research interest in bone health & osteoporosis, physical health and wellbeing, inclusionary methods of healthcare screening & research involvement of people with ID.

Dr. Gobnait Byrne

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Gobnait’s research and teaching interests include health promotion, health of migrant communities, community and critical care nursing. She is the Educational Facilitator for Community Placement.

Ms. Michelle Cleary

Teaching Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor Catherine Comiskey

Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Melissa Corbally

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Margarita Corry

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Margarita educates nurses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, supervises research projects and provides leadership in many aspects of nursing research, in particular research with and for caregivers.

Professor Imelda Coyne

Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Elizabeth Ann Curtis

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Deirdre Daly

Professor In, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Deirdre teaches across all programmes, she is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the MAMMI study & a member of national committees on maternal morbidity and mortality.

Dr. Louise Daly

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Louise’s role involves leadership & oversight of academic, research and professional interests relating to general nursing within the School. Her own teaching & research interests include care of the older adult, dementia care and healthcare ethics.

Dr. Jan De Vries

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. de Vries graduated in Psychology at Utrecht University, Netherlands and completed his PhD in TCD in 1999. He is with the School since 2007.

Dr. Rosemarie Derwin

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. John Gerard Dinsmore

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor Louise Doyle

Professor in Mental Health Nursing/Head of the Mental Health Nursing Discipline

Dr. Carmel Doyle

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Margaret Dunlea

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Margaret ’s research/practice interests include ways of advancing meaningful change in the Irish maternity services, particularly advancing community continuity midwife-led services.

Dr. Sandra Fleming

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Sandra teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Ms. Louise Gallagher

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Louise is an academic and researcher with a diverse portfolio of research interests in midwifery and womens health. She teaches and supervises across the undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes.

Dr. Philip Hardie

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor Agnes Higgins

Professor in Mental Health, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Eleanor Hollywood

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Eleanor lectures undergraduate and postgraduate students and previously served as Head of Discipline, Children ’s Nursing.

Mr. Paul Horan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Paul is an Assistant Professor of Intellectual Disability Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and also chairs the Schools Civic Engagement and Alumni Committees.

Dr. Mary Hughes

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Mary is an Associate Professor and researcher, with expertise in Health and Wellbeing in Chronic Childhood Illness; adolescent health, asthma, and development of mobile health technology.

Mr. Philip David James

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Patricia Kavanagh

Teaching Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Patricia lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Research Interests: Advanced Nurse Practice, Chronic Conditions, Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions and Bone Health.

Mr. Paul Keenan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Paul is an Assistant Professor specialising in Intellectual Disability nursing research and education. His current research focuses on person-centred planning, spirituality and professional nurse development.

Dr. Peter Kelly

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Peter is the course coordinator for the MSc/PG Dip and Cert in Mental Health. His research interests include substance misuse and addictions, addiction nursing, organisational and workforce development and implementation science.

Dr. Brian Keogh

Director of Teaching & Learning, Postgraduate

Brian is an assistant professor in mental health nursing. Brian’s teaching and research interests include mental health recovery and stigma, dementia and suicide and self-harm.

Ms. Lisa Kirwan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Lisa lectures undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has an interest and expertise in research related to children’s health and wellbeing.

Professor Joan Lalor

Professor of Maternal Health, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Joan has a particular interest in prenatal diagnosis and perinatal palliative care. More broadly her research interests include optimising maternity and health service delivery, health humanities, ethics and law.

Dr. Aileen Lynch

Director of Teaching & Learning, Undergraduate

Assistant Professor

Ms. Anne-Marie Malone

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Anne Marie lectures undergraduates and post-graduates in orthopaedics and nursing and health service policy and management. Her current research is in the health economics and osteoporosis and patient safety.

Dr. Margaret Mc Adam

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Mr. Barry Mc Brien

Assistant Professor (Above The Bar), School of Nursing & Midwifery

Barry is the educational facilitator for the MSc Advance Practice programme. He is also based in Tallaght University Hospital where he is an RANP in emergency care.

Dr. Catherine Mc Cabe

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr McCabe’s research focuses on the use of technology to maintain independent living by facilitating, supporting & sustaining behavioural change and self-management for people living with chronic illness. 

Professor Mary Mc Carron

Professor of Ageing & Intellectual Disab, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor of Ageing & Intellectual Disability, Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing & Intellectual Disability, Founder & PI for the first ever Longitudinal Comparative Study on Ageing in Persons with Intellectual Disability (IDS-TILDA).

Ms. Louise Mc Donnell

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Eimear Mc Glinchey

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Eimear is a lecturer and researcher with a background in Psychology. Her main research interests include promotion of brain health and dementia prevention in people with an intellectual disability.

Dr. Martin Mc Mahon

Head of Intellectual Disability Nursing Discipline

Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability, his current research focus includes investigating the descriptive epidemiology of cancer in people with intellectual disability & cancer care inequalities that this population face in Ireland.

Ms. Emily Moffatt

Teaching Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Emily teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her specific interests are supporting physiological birth, midwife led care and homebirth.

Dr. Mark Monahan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Mary Mooney

Head of the General Nursing Discipline

Mary is best known for her clinical expertise and research background in the field of cardiology. She is well known nationally and internationally and collaborates with eminent researchers in the field of nursing and cardiology across the globe.

Ms. Kathryn Muldoon

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Kathryn teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes and involved in many research projects

Mrs. Yvonne Muldowney

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Fiona Murphy

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Maryanne Murphy

Head of Discipline, Children's Nursing

Ms. Murphy has been teaching in the School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2006. She is a member of the Children’s Nursing Discipline. She has significant teaching experience in both undergraduate and postgraduate children’s nursing programmes.

Dr. Michael Nash

Associate Prof in Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Teaching & research interests include physical health & wellbeing in severe mental illness, clinical risk assessment and management, models of community mental healthcare.

Ms. Kathleen Neenan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Kathleen teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She is the Educational facilitator for Emergency Department Nursing Masters Programme.

Dr. Thomas Noone

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Tom is a member of the general nursing discipline and he teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Dr. Frances O'Brien

Head of the General Nursing Discipline

Frances teaches and supervises students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research expertise is in critical care nursing, mixed methods research, intervention studies and randomised controlled trials.

Miss Katie O'Brien

Teaching Fellow, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Katie teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate mental health nursing courses. Her specific research interests include trauma informed care, women’s mental health, and personality disorders.

Dr. Sharon O'Donnell

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Sharon has strong clinical, teaching and research expertise in Critical Care Nursing, with a particular emphasis on Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Ms. Tracey O'Neill

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Laura O'Shea

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Laura teaches across undergraduate & postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her professional and research interests include women’s health, maternal health, gender based violence, humanisation of birth, gender equality issues and midwifery education.

Dr. Colm Oboyle

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Colm is currently Course Co-ordinator for third and fourth year BSc Midwifery students. His professional and research interests are home birth and community midwifery.

Dr. Sunita Panda

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Sunita is an academic & researcher with a key research interest around reducing caesarean births, maternal health, systematic reviews & midwifery education. She is involved in teaching and supervision across UG & PG midwifery programmes.

Ms. Sinead Plunkett

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Roisin Reilly

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Roisin teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate mental health nursing courses. Her specific interests include interpersonal relationships, addiction and inclusivity.

Ms. Frances Ryan

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Frances is a lecturer in General Nursing and teaches on both the undergraduate and post graduate courses. She is the Educational Facilitator for the Intensive Care and Perioperative Specialist Masters Programmes.

Professor Fintan Sheerin

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Head of School

Dr. Sheerin leads the School and its five nursing disciplines & midwifery. He is responsible for the overall strategic development, leadership & running of the School. Fintan is also a member of the intellectual disability nursing teaching team.

Dr. Shobha Rani Shetty

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Jacqueline Whelan

Director of Global Engagement

Jacqueline ’s specific research interests include spirituality, spiritual care, caring science, person centred care, communication and professional education concerns with healthcare.