Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
Catherine Ardagh | |
Office: | Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad |
Leader: | Micheál Martin |
Term Start: | 18 May 2016 |
Term End: | 29 June 2020 |
Predecessor: | Darragh O'Brien |
Successor: | Lisa Chambers |
Office1: | Senator |
Term Start1: | 8 June 2016 |
Constituency1: | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1982 |
Birth Place: | Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse: | Darragh McShea |
Children: | 2 |
Father: | Seán Ardagh |
Catherine Ardagh (born 20 September 1982) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2016. She previously served as Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020.[1]
She was a member of Dublin City Council from 2014 to 2016.[2] [3] Catherine is the daughter of former TD Seán Ardagh.[4] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 2016 and 2020 general elections.[2] [5] She is the Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Social Protection. She was re-elected as a Senator at the 2020 Seanad election.