Claire Kerrane
Claire Kerrane | |
|---|---|
 Kerrane in 2015 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Roscommon–Galway |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1992 Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
Claire Kerrane (born 24 April 1992) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since the 2020 general election.[1]
She is a member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle.[citation needed] She is the party's Spokesperson on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands.
Early and personal life
Kerrane, the daughter of Gerry and Angela Kerrane, from the village of Tibohine, County Roscommon. She was raised on a farm. She has said there was no history of republicanism in her family: her mother is English and her paternal grandfather was a "staunch Fine Gael activist". She joined Sinn Féin during a dispute over plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant in her area, when she became involved in an action group against the project.[2]
Before becoming a TD, she worked as a parliamentary assistant to Independent TD Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and later as a political adviser on social protection for Sinn Féin in Leinster House. Flanagan endorsed her as a candidate at the 2020 general election.[3]
She is a graduate in English and Politics of NUI Galway and in 2016 qualified as a secondary school teacher.[2]
References
- ^ "Claire Kerrane". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ a b Healy, Paul (August 2019). "On a Claire Day". Roscommon People Plus. pp. 50–53.
- ^ "Claire Kerrane". Sinn Féin. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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