1984), and for a Master of Education degree at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in Philosophy, from 1984 to 1987, graduating first class both times.
[3] Power was admitted as a barrister in 1993 and worked as an advocate before the Superior Courts of Ireland, whilst continuing to lecture in Philosophy.
[2] In September 2007, Power was nominated under Article 22 ECHR along with Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Roger Sweetman to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to be considered for appointment as the judge in respect of Ireland at the European Court of Human Rights.
Ní Aoláin withdrew her candidacy shortly afterwards for personal reasons, and in her stead was nominated David Keane.
[4] She was elected at the same time as the judges for Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova and Turkey,[5] and is a member of Section III of the Court.
[9] Power returned to work as barrister in Dublin at the Law Library and in London with Doughty Street Chambers.