[1] Carroll attended Sacred Heart Convent School of lower Leeson Street and then University College Dublin, where she graduated in French and German.
For instance, the attempted ban on One Girl's War: Personal Exploits in MI5's Most Secret Station (the memoirs of Joan Miller) was declined by her after a request by the Attorney General of England and Wales.
She sat in the Central Criminal Court over the Catherine Nevin murder trial and subsequent retrial because of the jury being overheard in its deliberation.
[5] Carroll also held judicial positions in the administrative tribunal of the International Labour Organization, Geneva, for a time being the vice-president.
[6] She was appointed Chancellor of Dublin City University (and Chair of the Governing Authority) in 2001 and held this post until her death.