Catherine Martin (politician)
Catherine Martin | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the Green Party | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2011 | |
| Leader | Eamon Ryan |
| Preceded by | Mary White |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Rathdown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catherine Brigid Martin 7 December 1972 Monaghan, Ireland |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse | Francis Noel Duffy (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | www |
Catherine Brigid Martin (born 7 December 1972) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party since June 2011. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016.
She was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from 2014 to 2016.
Personal life
She is a mother of three, and had been a teacher of English and Music, and the head of the Green Schools Committee at St. Tiernan’s Community School in Dundrum for 15 years prior to being elected to the Dáil.[1] She is married to Francis Duffy,[2] a Green Party politician who is the Deputy Mayor of the South Dublin County Council.[3][4]
Political career
She joined the Green Party in 2007, and was elected as Deputy Leader of the Green Party in 2011. In 2014, she was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council,[5] and was elected to the Dáil in the 2016 General Election, after receiving 4,122 first preference votes.[6]
She is the Green Party's Education Spokesperson.[7]
Current involvement
She is a member of:[8]
- Dublin Dún Laoghaire Education Training Board
- Dublin Mid Leinster Regional Health Forum
- DLR Sports Partnership
- The Board of Management of Stillorgan College of Further Education
- The Board of Management of Dundrum College of Further Education
References
- ^ "Catherine Martin TD". 2016-10-22.
- ^ "About Catherine Martin, T.D." 2016-10-22.
- ^ "Cllr. Francis Duffy". 2016-10-22.
- ^ "Cllr. Guss O' Connell elected Mayor of South Dublin County Council". 2016-10-22.
- ^ "About Catherine Martin, T.D." 2016-10-22.
- ^ "General Election 2016: 26 February 2016, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin Area (Leinster)". 2016-10-22.
- ^ "Catherine Martin TD". 2016-10-22.
- ^ "About Catherine Martin, T.D." 2016-10-22.
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