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Senator
Pauline O'Reilly
O'Reilly in 2020
Senator
Assumed office
29 June 2020
Chair of theGreen Party
Assumed office
16 December 2021
Personal details
Born1974 or 1975 (age 49–50)[1]
Galway,Ireland
Political partyGreen Party
Children2
Alma mater

Pauline O'Reilly(born 1974/1975) is an IrishGreen Partypolitician who has served as aSenatorfor theLabour Panelsince April 2020[2][3]and Cathaoirleach of theGreen Partysince December 2021.

Early life and education[edit]

O'Reilly is a qualifiedsolicitor.She is chairwoman of the GalwaySteinerNational School.

Political career[edit]

O'Reilly was elected toGalway City Councilat the2019 local elections.[4]

O'Reilly stood unsuccessfully inGalway Westin the2020 general election.She won 6% of first preference votes and finished ninth in the 5 seater constituency.[5][6]

She was elected toSeanad Éireannin 2020 as a Senator for theLabour Panel.[7]Niall Murphy was co-opted to O'Reilly's seat on Galway City Council following her election to the Seanad. She is theGreen PartySpokesperson for Education and Higher Education.[8]She is the Leader of the Green Party in the Seanad.[9]

On 24 March 2021, O'Reilly was one of three Green Party senators to table amotion of no confidenceagainst party CathaoirleachHazel Chu,after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanadbye-electionas anindependent,with O'Reilly stating she does not believe it's appropriate "to run as an Independent candidate and also to be a chair of a party that’s in government and is supporting Government candidates".[10]

On 16 December 2021, O'Reilly was elected as Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) of the IrishGreen Party,succeeding Chu, following an election against Councillor Collette Finn and Dr. Bláithín Gallagher.[11]O'Reilly was re-elected to the position of party chair on 26 November 2023.[12]

O'Reilly was the Green Party's candidate for theMidlands–North-Westconstituency at the2024 European Parliament election.[12]O'Reilly received 13,710 (2.0%) first preference votes but was not elected.[13]

Personal life[edit]

O'Reilly has two children and practicesunschoolingwith them.[14][15]Her husband Conor works from home.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Green Party Candidate Pauline O'Reilly".2020. Archived fromthe originalon 9 June 2023.
  2. ^"Pauline O'Reilly".Oireachtas Members Database.Retrieved21 April2020.
  3. ^McMorrow, Conor (4 May 2019)."Why the Local Elections matter".RTÉ News.Retrieved1 April2020.
  4. ^"O'Reilly sets out priorities for Election 2020 campaign".advertiser.ie.Retrieved1 April2020.
  5. ^"Pauline O'Reilly to run for Greens in Galway West".advertiser.ie.Retrieved1 April2020.
  6. ^"Party unstuck by a green wave of a different hue".Connacht Tribune.Retrieved1 April2020.
  7. ^"Seanad elections: Traveller candidate narrowly loses out on election".irishtimes.Retrieved1 April2020.
  8. ^"The new Green councillors you have never heard of before".irishtimes.Retrieved1 April2020.
  9. ^"Green Party Spokespeople".Green Party.30 April 2020.Retrieved4 August2020.
  10. ^McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021)."Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad".The Irish Times.Retrieved25 March2021.
  11. ^Sassone, Erika (16 December 2021)."Galway Senator elected Green Party chair and hopes to double party council seats".Galway Beo.Retrieved16 January2024.
  12. ^ab"Senator Pauline O'Reilly re-elected as Green Party Cathaoirleach".greenparty.ie.Green Party (Ireland). 26 November 2023.Retrieved16 January2024.
  13. ^"European Elections: Midlands North-West".RTÉ News.Retrieved15 June2024.
  14. ^"Pauline O'Reilly".Green Party.Retrieved1 April2020.
  15. ^"Unschooling in Galway – one family on its experience of teaching at home".irishtimes.Retrieved1 April2020.
  16. ^"Books, maps and lots of Lego: how to furnish your home school".irishtimes.Retrieved1 April2020.

External links[edit]

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