Education: Holy Child Convent, Killiney, Co Dublin; 1983-86 UCD (BA psychology); 1987-89 diploma in business studies, followed by master's, specialising in organisational psychology; 199298 Cranfield University, school of management (PhD part-time).
Married: to Gerard Fitzgerald, businessman.
Children: four-year-old Eoghan and Stephanie aged two.
Hobbies: running, reading and learning Italian.
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Favourite authors: Jane Austen and John Irving.
Holidays: anywhere in Tuscany.