 In 1989, she was called to the Inner Bar.In 1979, she was elected as an independent candidate to Seanad Éireann at a by-election on 11 December 1979 as a Senator for the University of Dublin constituency, following the resignation of Senator Conor Cruise O'Brien, taking her seat in the 14th Seanad.She was re-elected at the 1981 elections to the 15th Seanad, and in 1983 to the 17th Seanad, where she served until 1987.