Róisín Garvey

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Senator
Róisín Garvey
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Senator
Assumed office
29 June 2020
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born (1973-07-05) 5 July 1973 (age 48)
NationalityIrish
Political partyGreen Party
Children1
Alma materNUI Galway

Róisín Garvey (born 5 July 1973) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1][2]

Early life[]

Garvey grew up in Inagh and attended Coláiste Muire, Ennis and NUI Galway.[3] Her father, Flan Garvey, was a Fianna Fáil member of Clare County Council between 1985 and 2009. Garvey formerly worked for An Taisce.[4]

Political career[]

She previously served as a member of Clare County Council from 2019 to 2020.[5]

Garvey was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate in the 2020 general election for the Clare constituency. A fluent Irish speaker, she represented the Greens on the Irish-language TV debate on TG4 prior to that election.[6]

On 24 March 2021, Garvey was one of three Green Party senators to table a motion of no confidence against party chairperson Hazel Chu, after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanad bye-election as an independent.[7]

Personal life[]

She has one son.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Róisín Garvey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ says, Celeste (20 November 2018). "Garvey hoping to follow in her father's footsteps".
  4. ^ Kolås, Robin Munkvold and Line (18 September 2015). ECGBL2015-9th European Conference on Games Based Learning: ECGBL2015. Academic Conferences and publishing limited. ISBN 9781910810583 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Ennistymon Electoral Area Elected Members". Clare County Council. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Donegal TD to take part in TG4 election debate". www.donegallive.ie.
  7. ^ McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021). "Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ McMahon, Páraic (7 February 2020). "'I'm one of the strongest rural candidates the Greens have had' – Garvey". Clare Echo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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