Marie Moloney (born 26 August 1958) is an Irish
Labour Party politician and former member of
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house).
It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...
.
From Coolick,
Kilcummin, near
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...
, Moloney was educated at the local national school and at Killarney Technical College.
From 1992 to 2007 she was constituency secretary of
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (''née'' Moynihan; born 31 March 1953) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1992 to 2007.
She was born in Cork in 1953, but is a native of K ...
, who was then a Labour Party
TD for the
Kerry South constituency. She was elected to
Kerry County Council
Kerry County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Chiarraí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Kerry, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and c ...
at the
2009 local elections for the
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...
local electoral area
A local electoral area (LEA; ga, Toghlimistéir Áitiúil) is an electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland. All elections use the single transferable vote. The Republic of Ireland is divided into 166 LEAs, with an average po ...
, and was elected deputy mayor of County Kerry in June 2010.
She unsuccessfully contested the Kerry South constituency at the 2011 general election. In April 2011 she was elected to Seanad Éireann
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It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...
on the Labour Panel
The Labour Panel ( ga, An Rolla Oibreachais) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Labour Panel elects eleven senators.
...
.
Moloney was once again elected to Kerry County Council
Kerry County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Chiarraí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Kerry, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and c ...
at the 2019 local elections for the Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...
local electoral area.
She is an official with the trade union SIPTU
SIPTU (; ''Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union''; ga, An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Rep ...
.[ She was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Social Protection. During the debate on the '' Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013'' in July 2013, she made an emotional appeal to senators to desist from using emotive language during the debate.]
References
External links
Marie Moloney's page on the Labour Party website
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1958 births
Living people
Labour Party (Ireland) senators
Members of the 24th Seanad
21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann
Politicians from County Kerry
Trade unionists from County Kerry
Members of Kerry County Council
People from Killarney
Labour Panel senators