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Erin McGreehan
Irish politician (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erin McGreehan (born July 1982)[1] is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2024 general election. She previously served as a Senator from 2020 to 2024, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[2][3]
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Early life
McGreehan grew up in Castletowncooley, a townland in the north of County Louth, and attended Mullaghbuoy National School and Bush Post Primary School.[4]
Personal life
McGreehan lives on the Cooley Peninsula with her partner, Donal McMorland, and their four children; they run an engineering business.[5]
Political career
Formerly a member of Ógra Fianna Fáil in County Louth, she was elected to serve on the Ógra Fianna Fáil National Executive. She worked as a parliamentary assistant to Senator Diarmuid Wilson for several years.
She served as a member of Louth County Council from 2019 to 2020.[6] In June 2020, she was nominated by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to Seanad Éireann.[7] McGreehan was appointed to the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters and the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.[8]
In 2024, McGreehan welcomed the decision of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters to extend the Free Travel Pass to any person medically certified as unfit to drive.[9]
McGreehan was elected to the Dáil in 2024. She was subsequently appointed Cathaoirleach of the Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.[10]
She is currently a Director of Women's Aid Dundalk.[11] An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk[12] and a member of Glenmore Athletic Club.
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