 She has been chair of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes.Justice Hardiman and Judge Murphy had three sons, one of whom, Eoin, is a barrister and has been a member of the "Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee"; Hugh, who was a personal assistant to Michael McDowell, when McDowell was Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and Daniel, a Doctor.He joined Fine Gael while a student in University College Dublin, and stood (unsuccessfully) for the party in the local elections in Dún Laoghaire in 1985.