Editing Mary McAleese (section)

==Post-presidency==
===Voluntary return of presidential allowance===
In May 2012, the ''Irish Times'' reported that she had voluntarily returned more than €500,000 in unused Presidential Allowance funds, accrued over the 14 years of her term of office as well as gifting the overwhelming majority of the gifts received during her term to the state and [[Gaisce – The President's Award|Gaisce]].<ref name=IT>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0503/1224315513730.html "McAleese returns more than €500,000 in allowances"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504193042/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0503/1224315513730.html |date=4 May 2012 }} 3 May 2012, The Irish Times</ref>

===Tipperary Peace Prize===
Mary McAleese along with her husband Martin were awarded the Tipperary Peace Prize in January 2012.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0101/breaking13.html "McAleeses to receive peace honour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101215645/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0101/breaking13.html |date=1 January 2012 }} 1 January 2012, Irish Times</ref>

===Canon law studies===
In 2018, McAleese was awarded a doctorate in canon law (JCD) from [[Pontifical Gregorian University]].<ref name=IT/><ref name="independent.ie">{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/how-dr-mcaleese-laid-down-canon-law-to-her-detractors-in-vatican-37368503.html | title=How Dr McAleese laid down canon law to her detractors in Vatican | date=30 September 2018 | access-date=22 November 2019 | archive-date=6 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806053300/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/how-dr-mcaleese-laid-down-canon-law-to-her-detractors-in-vatican-37368503.html | url-status=live }}</ref> She had previously said that she obtained a master's degree and licentiate in canon law and her interest grew because of her concern about what has been happening in the Church – the sexual abuse scandal, among other things. When McAleese looked at the scandal, she said "I was struck by what investigators said about canon law and canon lawyers. It was a scathing indictment: In not one single incidence of sexual abuse had canon law been able to do anything on the victim's side, nothing useful or helpful."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/top-stories/q-a--mary-mcaleese.html|title=Interview with Mary McAleese two-term president of Ireland|website=bc.edu|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120308/http://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/top-stories/q-a--mary-mcaleese.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Appointments===
In 2012, McAleese was announced as the Chair of the European Commission High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education in the European Union.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mcaleese-to-chair-eu-education-group-1.533241?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fmcaleese-to-chair-eu-education-group-1.533241 | title=McAleese to chair EU education group | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | access-date=23 November 2019 | archive-date=18 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818212611/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mcaleese-to-chair-eu-education-group-1.533241?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fmcaleese-to-chair-eu-education-group-1.533241 | url-status=live }}</ref> Her work on the Commission earned her the Universitas21 2016 Gilbert Award.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://universitas21.com/get-involved/u21-awards/gilbert-medal-award/professor-mary-mcaleese-winner-2016-gilbert-medal | title=Professor Mary McAleese – winner of the 2016 Gilbert Medal &#124; Universitas 21 | access-date=23 November 2019 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803184018/https://universitas21.com/get-involved/u21-awards/gilbert-medal-award/professor-mary-mcaleese-winner-2016-gilbert-medal | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, McAleese was appointed Chair of the Von Hugel Institute at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/directory/mcaleese|title = Mary McAleese – von Hügel Institute|date = 25 January 2014|access-date = 23 November 2019|archive-date = 3 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200803165341/https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/directory/mcaleese|url-status = live}}</ref>

In March 2013, McAleese was named as the Burns Scholar at [[Boston College]], USA.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irelands-former-president-mary-mcaleese-named-burns-scholar-at-boston-college-198788881-237572651|title = Ireland's former president Mary McAleese named Burns Scholar at Boston College|date = 18 March 2013|access-date = 22 November 2019|archive-date = 3 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195130/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irelands-former-president-mary-mcaleese-named-burns-scholar-at-boston-college-198788881-237572651|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2014, McAleese was appointed Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies at [[St Mary's University, Twickenham]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/news/2014/12/dr-mary-mcaleese-appointed-distinguished-professor-st-marys | title=Dr Mary McAleese Appointed Distinguished Professor at St Mary | access-date=22 November 2019 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803183332/https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/news/2014/12/dr-mary-mcaleese-appointed-distinguished-professor-st-marys | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, McAleese was visiting fellow at the [[University of Notre Dame]], USA.<ref name="irishstudies.nd.edu">{{Cite web | url=https://irishstudies.nd.edu/faculty/visiting-faculty-fellows/mary-mcaleese/ | title=Mary McAleese // Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies // University of Notre Dame | access-date=22 November 2019 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803184335/https://irishstudies.nd.edu/faculty/visiting-faculty-fellows/mary-mcaleese/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 McAleese was awarded a doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University.<ref name="independent.ie"/>

In October 2017, McAleese was appointed a Canon of the [[Church of Ireland]]'s [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]] and is a regular homilist at services there.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/mary-mcaleese-installed-as-lay-canon-at-christ-church-cathedral-1.3240376?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fsocial-affairs%2Freligion-and-beliefs%2Fmary-mcaleese-installed-as-lay-canon-at-christ-church-cathedral-1.3240376 | title=Mary McAleese installed as lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | access-date=23 November 2019 | archive-date=1 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101214443/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/mary-mcaleese-installed-as-lay-canon-at-christ-church-cathedral-1.3240376?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fsocial-affairs%2Freligion-and-beliefs%2Fmary-mcaleese-installed-as-lay-canon-at-christ-church-cathedral-1.3240376 | url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 October 2018, McAleese was appointed Professor of Children, Law and Religion at the [[University of Glasgow]], Scotland, a joint appointment between the university's College of Arts and College of Social Sciences.<ref name="Appointment as University of Glasgow">{{cite web |last1=Allardyce |first1=Aine |title=University of Glasgow – University news – Former Irish President joins University of Glasgow |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_614575_en.html |website=gla.ac.uk |publisher=University of Glasgow Communications and Public Affairs Office |access-date=1 October 2018 |ref=89 |language=en}}</ref>

On 1 November 2019, McAleese was elected as Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/trinity-appoints-dr-mary-mcaleese-as-chancellor-of-the-university-of-dublin/|title = Professor Mary McAleese to become Chancellor of the University of Dublin|date = November 2019|access-date = 22 November 2019|archive-date = 6 November 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191106212809/https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/trinity-appoints-dr-mary-mcaleese-as-chancellor-of-the-university-of-dublin/|url-status = live}}</ref>

McAleese is an executive fellow of the Notre Dame School of Global Affairs and Chair of the Institute for Global Religions.<ref name="irishstudies.nd.edu"/>

===Podcast host===
In 2024, McAleese joined forces with broadcaster [[Mary Kennedy]] to host the "Changing Times - The Allenwood Conversations" podcast. The podcast is produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media in [[Allenwood, County Kildare]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}