Cáit Keane (born 24 September 1949) is an Irish

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politician and former member of

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. Keane first entered politics as a member of the

Progressive Democrats The Progressive Democrats ( ga, An Páirtí Daonlathach, literally "The Democratic Party" ), commonly referred to as the PDs, was a conservative-liberal political party in the Republic of Ireland. Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O'Ma ...

(PDs), and was elected to represent

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at the 1991 local elections. On three occasions she contested the Dáil constituency of Dublin South-Central for the PDs: at the 1992 general election, a by-election in 1994 and the 1997 general election. She was elected to

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for the electoral area of

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and 2004. Following the dissolution of the Progressive Democrats, Keane joined Fine Gael in October 2008. She held her council seat for Fine Gael at the 2009 local elections. At the 2011 general election she contested Dublin South-West, but failed to be elected. In April 2011 she was elected to

on the

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. She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on environment and local government. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the

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References

External links

Cáit Keane's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keane, Cait 1949 births Living people Progressive Democrats politicians Fine Gael senators Members of the 24th Seanad 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann Politicians from County Dublin Politicians from County Galway Local councillors in South Dublin (county) Councillors of Dublin County Council