Lisa McDonald (born 9 July 1974) is an

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politician, who was a member of

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from 2007 to 2011. She was a county councillor on

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from 2004 to 2007. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2007 general election for the Wexford constituency. She was

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on 3 August 2007. From

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, McDonald is married, with two children. A solicitor, she studied law at

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before moving back to Wexford, where she now has her own firm. While in college she was Chair of the

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. She served on the Fianna Fáil National Executive from 1995 to 2004. She was the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson for Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2011. Following the death of Councillor Fergie Kehoe, she was co-opted to fill the vacancy on Wexford County Council in July 2016 and was subsequently re-elected in 2019 for the Rosslare LEA. She was once again an unsuccessful candidate for the Wexford constituency at the 2020 general election.

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