Peter has held a number of senior positions in the youth, community and voluntary sector. He has a diploma in management from the Smurfit Business School at University College Dublin and was Director of Dun Laoghaire Youth Service until 2001. He became involved with Special Olympics Ireland as a volunteer before joining the management team of the 2003 World Games as Director of Support Services with responsibility for volunteers, families and the Host Town programme. Peter was appointed by the government in 2002 as Chairman of the National Children’s Advisory Council to monitor the implementation of the Children’s Strategy.

In 2004 he joined Special Olympics Ireland as Director of Support Services and member of their management team before taking a career break on his appointment as P.A. to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs and subsequently P.A. to the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. Peter returned to Special Olympics Ireland in 2011 as Director of Training and Volunteers with additional responsibility for Safeguarding until his retirement in 2020. He continues his interest in disability sports as a member of the Leadership Council of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia and as a volunteer with his local Special Olympics club. A former rugby player, Peter coaches disability rugby at his club Seapoint RC where he is a member of the executive filling the role as the Club Welfare Officer.

Peter is a member of a number of committees in the Irish Rugby Football Union including Disability Rugby and the Spirit of Rugby. He is Chairman of the IRFU Safeguarding Working Group for Mini and Youth Rugby. As a former Mandated Person and National Children’s Officer for Special Olympics Ireland he is a Safeguarding Tutor with Sport Ireland.