Nuala o loan biography of alberta

Nuala Patricia O’Loan was born and educated in Hertfordshire, England. She studied law at King’s College London, graduating in 1973 as a solicitor. In 1977 she became a law lecturer at the Ulster Polytechnic and the University of Ulster and as a senior lecturer held the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law.

Nuala is married to Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) councillor and former North Antrim MLA, Declan O’Loan; they have five sons.

In 1999 Nuala became the first Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland and continued until 2007.

In July 2009 she was appointed to the House of Lords and consequently to the peerage in September 2009 as Baroness O’Loan. In December 2010 the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, appointed her as Chairman of its Governing Authority.

Baroness O’Loan’s awards are many.

In 2003 the Annual Conference of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (a US organization) presented Nuala with an award for her contributi