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Ruth Coppinger
TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2014
ConstituencyDublin West
Personal details
Born (1967-04-18) 18 April 1967 (age 57)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partySolidarity–People Before Profit
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party
SpouseImran Khan (m. 2007)
Children1
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Ruth Coppinger (born 18 April 1967) is an Irish Solidarity–People Before Profit politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency since the 2014 Dublin West by-election.[1]

Political career

Coppinger was a member of Fingal County Council for the Mulhuddart area from 2003 to 2014.[2] She was co-opted to the council in 2003, replacing Joe Higgins. She was elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Socialist Party[3] at the 2011 Dublin West by-election.[2]

She later joined party colleague Joe Higgins in the Dáil, as a result of the 2014 by-election in the same constituency.[4][5] After being elected, she called for a mass campaign of opposition to water charges being implemented by the Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition.[6]

In November 2014 she called for the gradual nationalisation of US multinations to prevent job losses. In response Fianna Fáil’s jobs spokesperson Dara Calleary called the idea “wreckless and ludicrous”, as it would "place a massive burden on taxpayers and the public finances"[7].

In September 2015, she joined homeless families from Blanchardstown, in occupying a Nama-controlled property as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the housing crisis.[8] In October 2015, she joined families in their occupation of a show house in her constituency, to protest at the lack of availability of affordable social housing.[9] She has also supported the tenants of Tyrrelstown, who were made homeless when a Goldman Sachs vulture fund sold their houses.[10][11][12][13][14]

She was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2016 general election, this time under the Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit banner.[15] On 10 March 2016, at the first sitting of the 32nd Dáil, she nominated Richard Boyd Barrett for the office of Taoiseach, quoting James Connolly from a hundred years previously when she said: "The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system. It must go" and declaring: "We will not vote for the identical twin candidates" of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil after they "imposed austerity".[16] On 6 April 2016, following the failure of the Dáil to elect a Taoiseach at that first sitting, Coppinger was nominated for the role of Taoiseach, becoming the first female nominee in the history of the state.[17][18][19][20]

Personal life

Coppinger lives in Mulhuddart. She is married to Imran Khan, a Pakistani national,[21] and is a secondary school teacher.[22] Her eldest brother Eugene Coppinger serves on Fingal County Council.[23]

On 21 January 2016, Coppinger's house was burgled - she told RTÉ the following day: "When I arrived home at nine o'clock last night, the house had been rifled through."[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "Ms. Ruth Coppinger". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Ruth Coppinger". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Nulty elected in Dublin West". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Coppinger wins Dublin West by-election". RTÉ News. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ O'Connor, Niall (25 May 2014). "Ruth Coppinger's victory doubles Socialist Party's voice in Dail". Irish Independent.
  6. ^ McCarthaigh, Sean (24 May 2014). "Coppinger: Win is a result for ordinary working people". BreakingNews.ie. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ O'Connell, Hugh. "Does the Socialist Party really want to nationalise Dell?". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ^ "Group occupies Nama-controlled property to raise awareness of homelessness". Irish Independent. 22 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Dail deputy Ruth Coppinger and homeless families 'occupy' West Dublin show house". Irish Independent. 3 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Tyrrelstown tenants organise protest today". The Sunday Business Post. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Edwards, Elaine (18 March 2016). "Families begin to leave Tyrrelstown estate as leases not renewed: Residents meeting tonight agree to protest march on the Dáil next Tuesday". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Tyrrelstown tenants meeting over eviction notices". RTÉ News. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Lennon, Barry (17 March 2016). "Pressure on Kelly to help families facing eviction". Irish Independent.
  14. ^ "Tyrrelstown Tenants Action Group calls for government intervention". BreakingNews.ie. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Election 2016: Ruth Coppinger". RTÉ. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ McQuinn, Cormac (10 March 2016). "Parties nominate their leaders to be the next Taoiseach". Irish Independent.
  17. ^ "Ruth Coppinger will become the first woman nominated for Taoiseach". 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Ireland will have its first ever female Taoiseach nominee on Wednesday". 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Ruth Coppinger set to make Irish political history this afternoon". 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Left Wing TD Ruth Coppinger will be the first woman ever nominated for Taoiseach today". 6 April 2016.
  21. ^ "Coppinger makes dramatic entrance". The Sunday Times. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "About Ruth". Official website. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Murphy, Cormac (27 May 2014). "Fingal County council: Final counts filled overnight". Irish Independent. Eugene Coppinger, brother of new Dublin West TD Ruth Coppinger, had a successful campaign. Mr Coppinger, a Socialist Part[y] and Anti-Austerity Alliance candidate, said the whole family is proud of his little sister Ruth's achievement.
  24. ^ "Ruth Coppinger reveals house burglary live on RTÉ". RTÉ News. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Treacy, Ciara (22 January 2016). "Dublin TD Ruth Coppinger's home burgled while she was on the radio". Irish Independent.
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Patrick Nulty 2011–14
 Teachta Dála for Dublin West
2014–present
With: Joe Higgins 2007–16
Joan Burton 2002–present
Leo Varadkar 2007–present
Jack Chambers 2016–present 		Incumbent
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