Mary Ussher  was brought up in a loving family with four sisters and one brother. Her father John Redmond was a Dubliner, her mother Mary Lannin comes from West Cork. 

Mary is author of numerous law books in her professional name, Redmond, and has a background in legal practice, academia, as well as in private, public, and not-for-profit companies. She is founder of two national charities, the Irish Hospice Foundation and, the Wheel.

She is married to Patrick Ussher and they have one son, Paddy.