Iryna graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University, taught French at a gymnasium and ran her own travel agency.
On February 27, 2022, the day of the referendum, Iryna was detained in Minsk. A court sentenced her to administrative arrest, after which she was charged in a criminal case and transferred from the Akrestsina detention facility to a pre-trial detention center.
In June 2022, Iryna was found guilty in a criminal case initiated under the article "Organisation and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them" and sentenced to restricted freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Later, Iryna left Belarus.
In January 2025, an in absentia court hearing on toughening the type of punishment was held as part of special proceedings.
