She is a member of Aosdána and the Royal Hibernian Academy, a former member of the Arts Council (1993-1998), a founder member and first chairperson of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, and the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from University College Cork (2006) and of Munster Technological University Alumni Award (2010).
(The Arts Council established Aosdana in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland)