Human Rights Lawyer and International  Jurist, Legal Expert and International consultant  on Prison law and Penitentiary systems, Mental Health, and Human Rights. Member ( Alternate) of the Council of Europe, Venice Commission. Professor of Law, National Universiy of Ireland, Galway. School of Law,  (Adjunct) Visiting Fellow in Comparative Human Rights La Trobe University Melbourne 1992. Chair of the International Association of Irish Lawyers, London 1996. Mental Health Act Commissioner at Broadmoor Special Hospital, UK 1994-1998. Member of the National Crime Council Ireland 2007-2009. Chair of the Mental Health Commission Review  Tribunals  (Ireland) 2006-2010