Personal Life
She is married to Julian Davis and they have four children - two daughters and two sons.
Davis ran the New York Marathon in November 2005, raising €80,000 for Special Olympics in the process. Before that, she achieved the ambition of a lifetime when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, with her husband Julian. She was invited to represent the Irish Government on a climb of Mont Blanc on 1 July 2008 to celebrate the start of the EU Presidency in France.
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