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Irish politician (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mairéad Farrell (born 5 January 1990) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 2020 general election.[2]
Mairéad Farrell | |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2020 | |
Constituency | Galway West |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Galway, Ireland | 5 January 1990
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Relatives | Mairéad Farrell (aunt) |
Alma mater | |
Mairéad Farrell is from the Mervue area in Galway City.[3] Her father, Niall, is an anti-war activist and her aunt, also called Mairéad Farrell, was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who became one of the Gibraltar Three (three PIRA members killed by the British SAS in Gibraltar).[4]
Farrell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from NUI Galway and a Master of Science in Finance from Queen's University Belfast.[5]
Farrell sat on Sinn Féin's National Youth Committee for five years. She represented the Galway City East local electoral area on Galway City Council from 2014 to 2019.[6][7] She became a TD for Galway West in February 2020 at that year's General Election.[2] She is Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform. She appeared on the Irish Times list of top 50 young people to watch in 2021[8] as well as one of 10 TDs making a name for themselves since the 2020 election[9] in the Irish Examiner.
Farrell is a regular contributor to Irish and international media and has written for the Irish Times, the Irish Examiner and international publications such as CounterPunch.[10]
In June 2023 Farrell was scheduled to appear alongside Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Catherine Connolly, George Galloway and academic Karen Devine in a Neutrality forum hosted by the organisation Galway Alliance Against War, which describes itself as a group in Galway for those who are "opposed to war and military imperialism". The topic for discussion was the Ireland’s militarily neutral stance, including as it relates to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Daly and Wallace's views on Russia have been criticised. The event came four years after Galloway was sacked from his job at Talkradio for posting the remark "No #Israel flags on the Cup!" on social media after Liverpool beat Tottenham. Tottenham said the remark was "blatant anti-semitism". Galloway said he made the remark after some Tottenham fans displayed the Israeli flag at the match, which he said demonstrated an affiliation to a "racist state".[11]
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