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Emer Currie
Irish politician (born 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emer Currie (born 1 May 1979)[1][2] is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency since the 2024 general election. She previously served as a Senator from 2020 to 2024, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[3][4]
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She previously served as a member of Fingal County Council from 2019 to 2020.[5][6]
Currie was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 general election as the Fine Gael running mate of outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin West.[7][8] She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2020 Seanad election but was later nominated by the Taoiseach.[6]
Her father, Austin Currie, was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland as well as a former Minister of State and TD in the Republic of Ireland.[9]
She was elected to the Dáil for the Dublin West constituency at the 2024 general election. on 29 January 2025 she was appointed Deputy Government Whip. Mary Butler is the Government Chief Whip.[10]
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