Ms McKenna won Diversity and Inclusion Businesswoman of the Year Community Advocate at the 2024 IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards presented earlier this month.

Having experienced the cost barrier of entering the legal profession first-hand, her firm offers an ‘Empower to Inspire’ annual bursary and internship programme, which is now in its second year and aims to assist students who struggle to continue their studies due to financial constraints.

The firm also partners with Focus Ireland to support its fundraising efforts and provides pro-bono assistance to the Ukrainian refugee community.

Ms McKenna said: “As women we often undermine our own abilities so I have a lot of gratitude in my heart right now for this award and I’m really excited to bring it back to the team.

“This night is incredible, from Imelda May’s poem on love, to hearing all the incredible stories of the work ethic and the hard work, and the challenges and the wins and the successes that all these women went through to get where they are — it just gives you a feeling of empowerment.”