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

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

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

at the 2019 local elections for the

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moloney, Mary 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