Irene is a Project Officer in the Health Research Board (HRB) and the National Contact Points for Cluster 1, Health in Horizon Europe in Ireland. She is also the chair of the Ireland Chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association and a member of the Research Funding Working group and Science Diplomacy Taskforce.

Irene is a biomedical scientist working in research funding management since 2020. During this time, she worked on enterprise facing programmes as well as in challenge funding for international development in Science Foundation Ireland. Previously, she was a biomedical researcher for over 8 years, where she worked in different countries and settings including industry and academia