She was the founder/artistic director of the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival.
She held honorary Doctorates of Music from the National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin. The honour "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" has been conferred on her by the Holy See.
Irish mezzo-soprano, renowned as a Mahler singer. Performed all of his vocal works with orchestra in the 1990s over a four year period in the famous Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina.