Róisín Garvey
Irish politician (born 1973)
Senator Róisín Garvey | |
|---|---|
 Garvey in 2023 | |
| Senator | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Deputy Leader of the Green Party | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 14 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Roderic O'Gorman |
| Preceded by | Catherine Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1973-07-05) 5 July 1973 (age 51)[1] County Clare, Ireland |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
Róisín Garvey (born 5 July 1973) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[2][3] She was elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party on 14 July 2024.[4]
Early life
Garvey grew up in Inagh and attended Coláiste Muire, Ennis and NUI Galway.[5] Her father, Flan Garvey, was a Fianna Fáil member of Clare County Council between 1985 and 2009. Garvey formerly worked for An Taisce.[6]
Political career
She previously served as a member of Clare County Council from 2019 to 2020.[7]
Garvey was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate in the 2020 general election for the Clare constituency. A fluent Irish speaker, she represented the Greens on the Irish-language TV debate on TG4 prior to that election.[8]
On 24 March 2021, Garvey was one of three Green Party senators to table a motion of no confidence against party chairperson Hazel Chu, after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanad bye-election as an independent.[9]
In 2022, she opposed plans for an eight wind-turbine wind farm in County Clare. She said, "There are a lot of people locally who don't want it there because they already have enough of wind-turbines in the area... I have never been out demanding wind farms in my life and I don't intend to start now".[10]
On 14 July 2024, Garvey won the Green Party's deputy leadership election to succeed Catherine Martin.[11]
Personal life
She has one son.[1]
References
- ^ a b McMahon, Páraic (7 February 2020). "'I'm one of the strongest rural candidates the Greens have had' – Garvey". Clare Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Róisín Garvey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Horgan-Jones, Jack (14 July 2024). "Senator Róisín Garvey elected as Green Party's new deputy leader". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ McMahon, Páraic (20 November 2018). "Garvey hoping to follow in her father's footsteps". Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
- ^ Kolås, Robin Munkvold and Line (18 September 2015). ECGBL2015-9th European Conference on Games Based Learning: ECGBL2015. Academic Conferences and publishing limited. ISBN 9781910810583 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ennistymon Electoral Area Elected Members". Clare County Council. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Donegal TD to take part in TG4 election debate". Donegal Live.
- ^ McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021). "Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Green Party Senator objects to wind farm overlooking Wild Atlantic Way". BreakingNews.ie. 18 January 2022.
- ^ Hurley, Sandra (14 July 2024). "Garvey sees off Hourigan to become Green deputy leader". RTÉ News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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