Sabine Walsh, LLB, LLM, Accredited Mediator, has a primary and Masters degrees in law and practiced as a solicitor in general practice for 7 years before training as a mediator. She qualified as an accredited mediator with Friarylaw. She is a native German speaker, and holds qualifications in legal German and translation. She has been selected as the Irish candidate on an EU funded advanced training course in Cross Border Family Mediation in Brussels. Based in Sligo, she is a member of the Sligo Chamber of Commerce, the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce, a Board Member of the German Irish Lawyer’s and Business Association, and the Sligo Women in Business Network. She is the Secretary of Mediation Solutions Northwest. She works as an independent mediator and mediation trainer. She provides private client mediation services in relation to family and civil and commercial disputes and also runs seminars and training days on mediation for business and professional organisations.