Niamh has been with the law school since 2009, beginning as a sessional lecturer before joining the university on a continuing basis in 2015. Her primary teaching areas are Refugee Law, Administrative Law and Constitutional Law. Niamh was the Discipline Leader and Academic Program Director for Law from 2121-2022. She was Acting Dean of Law between September 2022 and September 2023. She served as Academic Director for the Faculty of Business and Law at the Liverpool campus from 2023 to 2025. She is currently a part-time member of the Administrative Review Tribunal in Protection