Louise O'Reilly
Louise O'Reilly | |
|---|---|
 O'Reilly in 2018 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Fingal West |
| In office February 2016 – November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Fingal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1973 Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse |
Ciarán Moore (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Louise O'Reilly (born 27 September 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal West constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously for Dublin Fingal from 2016 to 2024.[1][2]
Background
[edit]O'Reilly describes herself as being "born a republican socialist" because of her families' involvement in trade unionism. Her grandfather was a shop steward for the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union while her grandmother was one for the Irish Women Workers' Union. Her father Mick O’Reilly was a trade union official as well, and was a member of the Connolly Youth Movement, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Ireland, before joining the Labour Party, to which the union he worked for was affiliated.[3][4]
O'Reilly herself worked as an organiser with the SIPTU trade union for a decade before her entrance into politics.[5][6]
Political career
[edit]O'Reilly was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for Dublin Fingal in March 2015 in preparation for the 2016 Irish general election.[7] In that election O'Reilly was elected on the 10th count. The Phoenix suggested that Sinn Féin had deliberately placed O'Reilly in Dublin Fingal rather than Dublin South-Central (containing Crumlin, where she lived at the time) believing she could successfully displace James Reilly of Fine Gael. Reilly's run as Health Minister was considered to be stalling while O'Reilly was believed to be strong on health due to her previous experience as a trade union official representing nurses and doctors. O'Reilly did, in fact, go on to pip James Reilly for the seat.[4] Her opponents accused her of being "parachuted" into the constituency, and it was only after she was elected that she moved from Crumlin to Skerries to reside in the constituency she represented.[8][9]
At the general election in February 2020, O'Reilly was re-elected in Dublin Fingal, topping the poll with nearly 25% of the first-preference votes.[10][11]
She was appointed Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment on 2 July 2020.[12] She was previously the party's Health spokesperson.[13]
O'Reilly was re-elected in the 2024 Irish general election in Dublin Fingal West.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Louise O'Reilly". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Louise O'Reilly". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Decent work and decent wages: Louise O'Reilly TD". eolasmagazine.ie. December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Louise O'Reilly TD". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Election 2016: Louise O'Reilly". RTÉ News. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Man, how politics has changed for better, as women lead the way". Irish Examiner. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie (9 February 2020). "Election 2020: Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sinn Fein's O'Reilly honours promise to move to Fingal". Fingal Independent. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sinn Fein Choose Candidate From Crumlin". North County Leader. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Wall, Martin (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Dublin Fingal results: SF wave results in high-profile Fine Gael casualty". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Dublin Fingal". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Cunningham, Paul (2 July 2020). "First time Sinn Féin TDs feature on front bench". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Louise O'Reilly TD". www.sinnfein.ie. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "General Election Results". RTÉ News. 30 November 2024.