Irish barrister elected vice-chair of EU rights body
Irish barrister Sunniva McDonagh (pictured) has been elected vice-chair of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
She was already a member of the EU body’s 30-member management board, which held elections earlier this week.
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Sunniva McDonagh takes up the new post on 13 July, when France’s Elise Barbé will also become the FRA’s new chair.
The Irish barrister is also a commission member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Another Irish lawyer, solicitor Michael O’Flaherty, is currently the FRA’s director.