Office of the Ombudsman, Ireland
Contact Information

The Office of the Ombudsman is open between 9.15 and 5.30 Monday to Thursday and 9.15 to 5.15 on Friday.

18 Lr. Leeson Street, Dublin 2.

Tel: +353-1-639 5600

Lo-call: 1890 223030

Fax: (01) 639 5674 Email: ombudsman@ombudsman.gov.ie

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Emily O'Reilly Profile

Emily O'Reilly

Ms Emily O'Reilly was appointed Ireland's third Ombudsman on the 1st June 2003 by the President of Ireland, Mrs Mary McAleese, on the nomination of each of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Dail and Seanad). Prior to her appointment, Ms O'Reilly was a journalist and author and had been a political correspondent for various media since 1989.

The new Ombudsman was also appointed Ireland's second Information Commissioner under the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 on 1st June 2003. In this role Ms O'Reilly provides an independent review of decisions relating to the right of access of members of the public to records held by public bodies.

She is also a member of the Standards in Public Office Commission, the Dáil Constituency Commission and the Commission for Public Service Appointments.

Ms O'Reilly is a native of Tullamore, Co Offaly and is married with five children. She was educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. She was also the recipient of a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism at Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A.