Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Murphy O'Mahony in 2025 | |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Cork South-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Murphy 3 April 1969 Bandon, County Cork, Ireland |
| Party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Paddy O'Mahony |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Cork Institute of Technology |
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (born 3 April 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a senator for the Labour Panel since January 2025. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 2016 to 2020.[1]
She had been a member of Cork County Council for the Bandon-Kinsale local electoral area from 2014 to 2016.[2][3] She served on the now abolished Bandon Town Council from 2004 to 2014.
She is anti-abortion and did not support the repeal of the eighth amendment.[4] She was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Disability from 2016 to 2020.[citation needed]
She lost her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election,[5] and then unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election.[6] She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2024 local elections for the Bandon-Kinsale area of Cork County council.[2] She was elected to the Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- 1 2 "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ "Election 2016: Margaret Murphy O'Mahony". RTÉ News. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ "Floating Voter podcast: Who knows how long a baby will live, asks TD opposed to abortion". Irish Independent. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ↑ Baker, Noel (10 February 2020). "Cork South-West results: Social Democrat Holly Cairns secures seat". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Third time unlucky for Margaret in her bid for Senate seat". Southern Star. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.