She was four times on the cover of the British Radio Times magazine. 29 April 2000, 5 May 2000, 27 March 1999, 2 May 1998
Her name is an Anglicism of "Deirbhile", witch means "daughter of a poet".
In summer 2005 she played theatre at the National Theatre (Lyttelton) in London. She played Alice in the play Aristocrats written by Brian Friel and directed by Tom Cairns.
In 2002 she made a commercial for Kenco Coffee.
She supported the charity organisation Terrence Higgins Trust on several public events.
She played the same part of the Wexford Trilogy in theater (1988) and on TV (1993).
She won her National TV Award for Best Actress in 1996, and the Irish Post Award for Best Irish Entertainer (1997) for her role in Ballykissangel.
She is the youngest of three daughters.
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