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Meet the team

Career Development Centre Team

General Contacts

Careers general email  - any query relating to the Career Development Centre's activities. 

Placement general email - any query from student or employer/organisation regarding a formal placement. 

Are you a graduate recruiter? Email our employer engagement team.  

Marie Laffey

Head of Career Development Centre
Telephone: 00353 91 492909 Ext: 2909
Email Marie    

Area of Support: Management of the Career Development Centre. Find out more...

Josephine Walsh

Head of Career Development Centre - on secondment March 2021-February 2022 
Head of Student Engagement Projects, Student Services 
Telephone: 00353 91 492504 Ext: 2504
Email Josephine  

Claire Murphy

Career Development Adviser
Telephone: 00353 91493925 Ext: 3925
Email Claire  

Area of support: College of Arts, Social Science and Celtic Studies. Find out more...

Carol Keenan

Career Development Adviser (currently on leave)
Telephone: 00353 91493169 Ext: 3169
Email Carol    

Area of support: Career Guidance, Careers Development Learning – Colleges of Science, Medicine & Health Sciences. Find out more...

Majella Perry

Career Development Adviser  
Email Majella 

Area of support: Career Guidance, Careers Development Learning 

Ananda Geluk

E-Learning Project Officer
(Monday-Wednesday)
Telephone: 00353 91 492133 Ext: 2133
Email Ananda

Area of support: Career guidance, employability support, application reviews, interview preparation. Find out more...

Kendra Cassidy

Information Officer 
Telephone: 00353 91 493181 Ext: 3181 
Email Kendra   

Area of support: Information and website management, graduate outcomes survey, social media. Find out more...

Dearbhla Nolan

Information Assistant
Telephone: 00353 91 493589 Ext: 3589
Email Dearbhla           

Area of support: Careers Enquiries - main contact, appointment bookings  Find out more..

Susan Kenny

Student Engagement Coordinator
Telephone: 00353 (0)91 492133
Email Susan  

Area of support: Student engagement via providing administrative support to event planning, marketing, and data management. Find out more...

Paul Stapleton

Systems Support Coordinator
Telephone: 00353 91 495231 Ext: 5231
Email Paul    

Area of support: Systems Support. 

Employer Engagement

Click here to email our employer engagement team
Phone: 00353 (0)91 492133 / 493589

Grace Mannion   

Employment Officer  
Telephone: 00353 91 493507 Ext: 3507
Email Grace 

Area of support: Primary contact for employer events on campus and graduate recruitment activities. 

Work Based Learning & Placement

 

Heather Ní Caéra

Telephone: 00353 91 493646 Ext: 3646
Email Heather    
          or     Placement general enquiries    

Area of support: Placement Enquiries - main contact.

Marie Laffey

Work Based Learning Manager
Telephone: 00353 91 492909 Ext: 2909
Email Marie    

Area of Support: Management of the Work Based Learning team and provision of Career Guidance for the Career Development Centre. Find out more...

College of Engineering and Informatics

Annette Dolan

Senior Placement Officer
Telephone: 00353 91 493168 Ext:3168
Email Annette     

Area of support: Computer Science & Information Technology, Electronic & Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Project & Construction Engineering Find out more...

Fiona Curran

Placement Officer  
Email Fiona 

Area of support: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Biopharmaceutical Chemistry.


College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies

Emma Marron

Placement Officer 
Tel: 00353 91 493926 Ext:3926
Email Emma   

Area of support: Arts. Find out more...

Brídín Quinn

Placement Officer 
Tel: 00353 91 493190 Ext:3190
Email Brídín   

Area of support: College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, Directly supporting BA Child Youth and Family Policy and Practice, BA with Children’s Studies – Denominated and Connect, BA with Human Rights. Find out more...

Caroline Ní Fhlatharta

Oifigeach Socrúcháin (Placement Officer)
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge
Tel: 00353 91 49 4666 Ext: 4666
Email Caroline    

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge... Find out more 

College of Business, Public Policy & Law

Tara Shanahan-Joyce

Placement Administrator
School of Business & Economics
Email Tara  

Breda Kenna

Placement Officer
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
Tel: 00353 91 494323 Ext: 4323
Email Breda     

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from
    Bachelor of Commerce (Global Experience)
    Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
    B.Sc. Business Information Systems

Find out more...

Paul O'Rahilly

Placement Officer
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
Tel: 00353 91 493511 Ext: 3511
Email Paul     

Area of support: Primarily responsible for the placement of students from Bachelor of Commerce (Global Experience)... Find out more  

Aisling Conroy

Placement & Study Abroad Officer 
School of Law
Tel: 00353 91 493610 / Ext 3610
Email Aisling     

Area of support: Placement and Study Abroad Officer for the School of Law... Find out more   

Larissa Lamb

Placement & Study Abroad Officer
School of Law
Tel: 00353 91 493610 / Ext 3610
Email Larissa     

Brid Connolly

Placement Officer, Post Graduates
Discipline of Management
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Ecomonics
Tel: 00353 91 493516 / Ext 3516
Email Brid