Pauline O'Reilly
Pauline O'Reilly | |
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Senator | |
Assumed office 12 April 2020 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Green Party |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Pauline O'Reilly is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2020[1][2] and Cathaoirleach of the Green Party since December 2021.
Early life and education[]
O'Reilly is a qualified solicitor. She is chairwoman of the Galway Steiner National School.
Political career[]
O'Reilly was elected to Galway City Council at the 2019 local elections.[3]
O'Reilly stood unsuccessfully in Galway West in the 2020 general election. She won 6% of first preference votes and finished ninth in the 5 seater constituency.[4][5]
She was elected to Seanad Éireann in 2020 as a Senator for the Labour Panel.[6] Niall Murphy was co-opted to O'Reilly's seat on Galway City Council following her election to the Seanad. She is the Green Party Spokesperson for Education and Higher Education.[7] She is the Leader of the Green Party in the Seanad. [8]
On 24 March 2021, O'Reilly was one of three Green Party senators to table a motion of no confidence against party Cathaoirleach Hazel Chu, after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanad bye-election as an independent, with O'Reilly stating she does not believe it's appropriate "to run as an Independent candidate and also to be a chair of a party that’s in government and is supporting Government candidates".[9]
In December 2021, O'Reilly was elected as Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) of the Irish Green Party, succeeding Chu, following an election against Councillor Collette Finn and Dr. Bláithín Gallagher.
Personal life[]
O'Reilly has two children and practises unschooling with them.[10][11] Her husband Conor works from home.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Pauline O'Reilly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ McMorrow, Conor (4 May 2019). "Why the Local Elections matter". RTÉ News. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "O'Reilly sets out priorities for Election 2020 campaign". advertiser.ie. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Pauline O'Reilly to run for Greens in Galway West". advertiser.ie. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Party unstuck by a green wave of a different hue". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Seanad elections: Traveller candidate narrowly loses out on election". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "The new Green councillors you have never heard of before". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Green Party Spokespeople". Green Party. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021). "Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Pauline O'Reilly". Green Party. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Unschooling in Galway – one family on its experience of teaching at home". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Books, maps and lots of Lego: how to furnish your home school". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
External links[]
- Living people
- Green Party (Ireland) senators
- Local councillors in Galway (city)
- Politicians from County Galway
- Members of the 26th Seanad
- 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann