Ann Gallagher

Ann Gallagher
Senator
In office February 1993 – July 1997
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
Born	(1967-03-02)2 March 1967 County Leitrim,Ireland
Political party	Social Democrats
Other political affiliations	Labour Party
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

Ann Gallagher(born 2 March 1967)is aSocial Democratpolitician fromCounty LeitriminIreland.She was formerly a member of theLabour Partyand was asenatorfrom 1993 to 1997. She obtained an honours law degree fromTrinity College Dublinand is a solicitor by profession.

Political career

Gallagher stood as a Labour candidate forDáil Éireannin theCavan–Monaghanconstituency at the1992 general electionand nearly won a seat, coming 6th in a five-seater constituency. In the subsequent elections toSeanad Éireann,she topped the poll and was elected on theIndustrial and Commercial Panel.She served as a Senator from 1993 to 1997. She was a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Peace and Reconciliation. She was a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Women's Rights and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was also appointed to the Oireachtas Committee to Review the Constitution. She was the party's Spokesperson for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

At the1994 European Parliament electionshe stood unsuccessfully in theConnacht–Ulster constituencybut achieved the highest percentage vote for any Labour Party candidate to date, and after a further defeat in the1997 general election,she did not stand in the 1997 elections to the21st Seanad.She continued her career as a solicitor but also qualified as a barrister.

In August 2021, it was announced that she would become the interim general secretary of theSocial Democrats.