List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 2009–2014

This is a list of the 12 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 2009 European Parliament election. They served in the 2009 to 2014 session.

List

Name	Constituency	National party		EP group
Liam Aylward	East		Fianna Fáil		ALDE
Nessa Childers	East		Labour		S&D
Brian Crowley	South		Fianna Fáil		ALDE
Proinsias De Rossa†	Dublin		Labour		S&D
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	North-West		Fianna Fáil		ALDE
Marian Harkin	North-West		Independent		ALDE
Jim Higgins	North-West		Fine Gael		EPP
Joe Higgins†	Dublin		Socialist Party		GUE/NGL
Alan Kelly†	South		Labour		S&D
Seán Kelly	South		Fine Gael		EPP
Mairead McGuinness	East		Fine Gael		EPP
Gay Mitchell	Dublin		Fine Gael		EPP

^†Replaced during term, see table below for details.

Changes

Party		Outgoing	Constituency	Reason	Date	Replacement
	Labour	Proinsias De Rossa	Dublin	Resignation of De Rossa in January 2012	February 2012	Emer Costello
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	Dublin	Higgins elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election	April 2011	Paul Murphy
	Labour	Alan Kelly	South	Kelly elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election	April 2011	Phil Prendergast

See also

• Members of the European Parliament (2009–2014) – List by country
• List of members of the European Parliament (2009–2014) – Full alphabetical list

External links

• ElectionsIreland.org – 2009 European Parliament (Ireland) election results