Mairéad Farrell (politician) explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 2020
Constituency:Galway West
Birth Date:5 January 1990[1]
Birth Place:Galway, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Sinn Féin
Relatives:Mairéad Farrell (aunt)

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]

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: When your sister and boyfriend buy you the exact same birthday card, I'll try not be offended by the alien on the front. Farrell. Mairéad. 2017-01-05. @Farrell_Mairead. en. 2020-02-17.
  2. Web site: Mairéad Farrell . Oireachtas Members Database . 15 February 2020 . 15 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200215200850/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mair%25C3%25A9ad-Farrell.D.2020-02-08/ . live.
  3. News: Cllr Mairéad Farrell sets out her stall ahead of Local Elections . Galway Daily . Paul . Kelly . 14 April 2019 . 10 February 2020 . 13 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200213201208/https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/mairead-farrell-2019-elections/ . live.
  4. News: Farrell gives SF leader credit for her win . Brian . McDonald . 25 May 2014 . . Dublin . 0039-5218 . en . 10 February 2020 . 13 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200213201209/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/farrell-gives-sf-leader-credit-for-her-win-30304520.html . live.
  5. Web site: Mairéad Farrell TD . . 21 March 2022 . 2 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220202234535/https://www.sinnfein.ie/mairead-farrell-2 . live.
  6. News: Galway West results: Sinn Féin's Mairéad Farrell is the big winner . Ronan . McGreevy . 9 February 2020 . . 0791-5144 . Dublin . en-ie . 10 February 2020. 24 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924112846/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/galway-west-results-noel-grealish-comfortably-re-elected-despite-spongers-comment-1.4165272. live.
  7. Farrell_Mairead . 817129253326163970 . When your sister and boyfriend buy you the exact same birthday card, I'll try not be offended by the alien on the front . Farrell . Mairéad . 2017-01-05 . en. 17 February 2020.
  8. News: 50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland. Politics . Jennifer . Bray . 4 January 2021 . . 0791-5144 . Dublin . en-ie . 9 February 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122113343/https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/50-people-to-watch-in-2021-the-best-young-talent-in-ireland-1.4440837 . live .
  9. News: Special report: 10 TDs making a name for themselves since election 2020 . Elaine . Loughlin . 8 February 2021 . . 1393-9564 . Cork . en-ie . 9 February 2021 . 8 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210208125228/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40222103.html . live .
  10. Web site: Authors: Mairéad Farrell . CounterPunch.
  11. News: Gataveckaite . Gabija . 1 June 2023 . Senior Sinn Féin TD and Dáil vice chair Catherine Connolly to take part in neutrality forum with MEPs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and former MP George Galloway . .

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