Louise O'Reilly
Louise O'Reilly | |
|---|---|
 O'Reilly in 2018 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Fingal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1973 Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Ciarán Moore (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Louise O'Reilly (born 27 September 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since the 2016 general election.[1][2]
Background
O'Reilly describes herself as being "born a Republican Socialist" because of her families' involvement in trade unionism. Her grandfather was a shop steward for the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union while her grandmother was one for the Irish Women Workers' Union. Her father Mick O’Reilly was a trade union official as well.[3][4]
O'Reilly herself worked as an organiser with the SIPTU trade union for a decade before her entrance into politics.[5][6]
Political career
O'Reilly was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for Dublin Fingal in March 2015 in preparation for the 2016 Irish general election.[7] In that election O'Reilly was successful on the 10th count. The Phoenix suggests that Sinn Féin had deliberately placed O'Reilly in Dublin Fingal rather than Dublin South-Central (containing Crumlin, where she lived at the time) believing she could successfully displace Dr James Reilly of Fine Gael. Reilly's run as Health Minister was considered to be stalling while O'Reilly was believed to be strong on health due to her previous experience as a trade union official representing nurses and doctors. O'Reilly did, in fact, go on to pip Dr Reilly for the seat.[4] Her opponents accused her of being "parachuted" into the constituency but O'Reilly that same year moved from Crumlin to Skerries to reside in the constituency she represented.[8][9]
She was appointed Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment on 2 July 2020.[10] She was previously the party's Health spokesperson.[11]
References
- ^ "Louise O'Reilly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Louise O'Reilly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Decent work and decent wages: Louise O'Reilly TD". December 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Louise O'Reilly TD". The Phoenix. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Election 2016: Louise O'Reilly". RTÉ News. 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Man, how politics has changed for better, as women lead the way". Irish Examiner. 29 July 2016.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie (9 February 2020). "Election 2020: Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Féin)". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sinn Fein's O'Reilly honours promise to move to Fingal". Fingal Independent. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sinn Fein Choose Candidate From Crumlin". North County Leader. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Cunningham, Paul (2 July 2020). "First time Sinn Féin TDs feature on front bench". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Louise O'Reilly TD". www.sinnfein.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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