 Today, she teaches Poetry on Galway University's MA in Creative Writing.She is a member of the Irish Writers' Union, a Board Member of the Irish Writers Centre, is a member of Aosdána and served for three years on Maynooth University's Governing Authority, representing arts and culture.O'Donnell has been a judge for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Hennessy Literary Award, the Strokestown International Poetry Competition, Poetry Now and the Irish Times/Mountains to Sea Poetry Prize.