LINC Programme Development Team


Dr. Aimie Brennan
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr. Aimie Brennan is an Assistant Lecturer in Education at Mary Immaculate College.

Marion Brennan
LINC Module Content Developer
Marion Brennan is an Early Years’ Consultant.

Claire Butterly
LINC Module Content Developer
Claire is the National Programme Coordinator of the LINC Programme.


Claire Griffin
LINC Module Content Developer
Claire Griffin is an Educational Psychologist and lecturer in Educational and Developmental Psychology at MIC.

Shirley Heaney
LINC Module Content Developer
Shirley Heaney is the former National Coordinator of the LINC Programme.

Dr. Kathleen Horgan
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr. Kathleen Horgan is a Lecturer in Education at Mary Immaculate College.

Annette Kearns
LINC Module Content Developer
Annette Kearns is the Placement Co-ordinator and a lecturer on the B.A. in Early Childhood Teaching and Learning at Maynooth University.

Sarah Kelleher
LINC Module Content Developer
Sarah Kelleher is a former researcher and tutor on the LINC Programme.

Phil Lynch
LINC Module Content Developer
Phil Lynch is the Coordinator of the BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Teaching and Learning at Maynooth University.

Dr. Margaret Nohilly
LINC Module Content Developer
Margaret Nohilly lectures in Policy and Leadership in Education in Mary Immaculate College.

Dr. Trevor O'Brien
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr. Trevor O’Brien is a lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education at Mary Immaculate College.

Dr. Eilís O'Sullivan
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr Eilís O’Sullivan lectures in History and Policy of Education and coordinates the MEd in Educational Leadership & Management at MIC.

Dr. Lisha O'Sullivan
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr. Lisha O’Sullivan is the Head of the Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at Mary Immaculate College.

Professor Emer Ring
LINC Module Content Developer
Prof. Emer Ring is the Dean of Education at Mary Immaculate College Limerick.

Marie Ryan
LINC Module Content Developer
Marie Ryan is an Educational Psychologist and a lecturer in Early Childhood Care and Education at Mary Immaculate College.


Sharon Skehill
LINC Module Content Developer
Sharon Skehill is a former LINC Tutor. She is a lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies in Mary Immaculate College. Sharon is also the managing director and a preschool teacher at a full day-care outdoor ELC setting, catering for children from six months to school-aged.

Dr. Orla Slattery
LINC Module Content Developer
Dr. Orla Slattery is an Inclusion Co-ordinator for Adults with Intellectual Disability at Mary Immaculate College.

Patsy Stafford
LINC Module Content Developer
Patsy Stafford is a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education in Maynooth University.