Irene Buckley is a composer living and working in Cork. She is currently completing a PhD in Composition  at University College Cork. She holds an MA in Music Technology from Queens University Belfast.

Her work is characterised by the dynamic interplay between the possiblities of classical acoustic and contemporary digital instrumentation and sounds. Her pieces have ranged from scores for full orchestra to tape pieces to interdisciplinary collaboration, and have been performed in locations that scale from the grandiose to the peculiar: Carnegie Hall (NY), Tycho Brahe Planetarium (Copenhagen), Brooklyn First Presbyterian Church (NY), Galeria Kronika (Poland), Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam).

A number of recordings feature Irene's work, including the DVD proceedings of the International Computer Music Festival, 2006, and the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival compilation CDs, 2003, 2004 and 2009

Irene has written original scores for award winning film and television productions, including My Beamish Boy, Liberty Hall, Na Zimmers and God & Napoleon.

She has many years of experience in composing for theatre, including Corcadorca's Snap (2003), Granary Production's Disco Pigs (2007) and Everyman Palace Production's Rita Dunne (2008).

Irene recently completed a three month residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. Other awards include a top prize at the 14th International Young Composer's Meetings in the Netherlands (2008) and a number of travel and training awards from Culture Ireland, the Arts Council and Cork City Council.

Irene’s piece Stórr, for orchestra, was shortlisted for the TANSMAN 2010 – 8th International Competition of Musical Personalities - Composers Competition and was performed by the Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland. The international jury consisted of Zygmunt Krauze, Louis Andriessen, Michael Nyman, Ana Lara, Hwang-Long Pan, Aaron Jay Kernis and Jose Manuel Lopez.