Kate Walsh (politician)

For the American political operative, see Katie Walsh (politician).

Kate Walsh (1 March 1947 – 24 April 2007) was an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and community activist from Celbridge, County Kildare. In 2002 she was nominated by the Taoiseach as a member of Seanad Éireann.^[1]

Kate Walsh
Senator
In office 12 September 2002 – 24 April 2007
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-01)1 March 1947 Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	24 April 2007(2007-04-24) (aged 60) County Kildare, Ireland
Party	Progressive Democrats
Other political affiliations	Independent

Walsh was elected to Kildare County Council at the 1999 local elections, when she stood as an independent and won over one-and-a-half quotas on the first count. She later joined the Progressive Democrats (PDs), and stood unsuccessfully as a PD candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Kildare North at the 2002 general election. She was unsuccessful again at the by-election in 2005.^[2] Walsh was Mayor of Celbridge from 1982 to 2007.^{[citation needed]}

She died on 24 April 2007 from complications related to diabetes, after a long illness.^[3]