Professional memberships

• Professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading  (CIEP)
• Professional member of the Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers (AFEPI)
• Member of the Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)

Editing qualifications and CPD

• Plain English for editors, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
  
• Plain English business writing, Plain English Campaign
• eLearning essentials: instructional design, Flex Labs
• Advanced PerfectIt, Cadman Training
• Practical mark-up of PDFs, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
• Book jackets and blurb writing, Publishing Ireland
• Non-fiction editing, Publishing Ireland
• Editing in Word, Publishing Training Centre
• Advanced copy-editing, Publishing Training Centre
• 1) Copy-editing introduction, (2) Copy-editing progress, (3) Copy-editing mentoring, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
• Basic proofreading by distance learning, Publishing Training Centre

Academic qualifications

• Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Science, University College Dublin
• Solicitor's Professional Qualification, Law Society of Ireland
• Post-graduate Diploma in European Law, University College Dublin
• Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University College Dublin