Jacqueline Connolly

Jacqueline Connolly was born in rural Clontyduffy, near Mountnugent in Cavan, and raised as one of three children.

Tragically widowed only 16 months after she married, she is a lone parent to her adored 8-year-old son and they live in Virginia in Cavan.

Jacqueline is an HR professional who works as HR Operations Manager at an acute hospital in Dublin.

She holds a master's degree in Human Resources Management and, inspired by her own experiences, has conducted valuable research into vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and burnout for Irish healthcare workers.

She is an advocate for counselling, healing and refusing to let catastrophe and adversity define us as people.

As a result of her devastating loss, she is also passionate about raising awareness of domestic violence and the insidious nature of coercive control.