Shirley Cooney

Shirley Cooney is an experienced paralegal and company secretarial assistant currently serving within the Commercial Legal Affairs team at News UK since August 2017. Prior to this role, Shirley Cooney provided maternity cover as an Executive Assistant to the EVP, General Counsel, and supported the Compliance and Commercial Legal Affairs teams at News UK for five years. Previous experience includes managing the Editorial Legal Desk and assisting the Editorial Legal Director at Telegraph Media Group, as well as working as a legal executive and personal assistant at James G. O'Mahony, Solicitors. Shirley Cooney holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Munster Technological University and a Diploma in Professional Legal Studies from Griffith College Cork.