Norah Gibbons (6 June 1952 – 8 April 2020), was the Director of Advocacy at Barnardos, Director and chair of Alcohol Action Ireland and was selected to be on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.
[1] Gibbons was the first chair of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Tusla).
She remained in the management there going on to have responsibilities for the children's services until she served as a director of advocacy for the charity from 2005 until 2012.
[3] She was the founding chair of Tusla from 2014 until 2018 as well as a member of the commission to inquire into child abuse.
She was appointed the independent specialist on the in-depth research study on familicide and domestic homicide.