Noeleen Healy, BL
Noeleen is a practising barrister working the areas of immigration, asylum, family law and general civil law. Noeleen regularly appears at the High Court in judicial review matters, at the Circuit Court in civil and family law matters, and appeal tribunals representing refugee applicants.
In 2020, she was awarded the Catherine McGuinness Fellowship, a programme developed in partnership with the Bar of Ireland and the Family Lawyers Association. She worked for one year with the Children’s Rights Alliance legal and policy team, whilst practising full-time at the Bar.
Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Noeleen worked as a legal caseworker with refugee applicants. She has also worked as a judicial assistant, assigned to the asylum, immigration and citizenship list at the High Court. Throughout her career, Noeleen has volunteered with a number of migrant-rights and civil society organisations.
Noeleen was educated at NUI Galway, obtaining a commerce degree followed by a postgraduate degree in law. She then obtained an LLM in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict from the Irish Centre for Human Rights. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in July 2018.