Maura Hopkins Explained

Maura Hopkins
Office:Senator
Term Start:27 April 2016
Term End:27 March 2020
Birth Date:3 May 1984
Birth Place:Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Fine Gael
Alma Mater:NUI Galway

Maura Hopkins (born 3 May 1984) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2016 to 2020.[1] She had been a member of Roscommon County Council from 2014 to 2016.[2]

She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2016 general election for the Roscommon–Galway constituency.[3]

She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Arts, Heritage and Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Development. She was initially chosen as the Fine Gael candidate for Roscommon–Galway at the 2020 general election, but withdrew due to family commitments. She did not contest the 2020 Seanad election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maura Hopkins. Oireachtas Members Database. 14 July 2019. 14 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714135510/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Maura-Hopkins.S.2016-04-25/. live.
  2. Web site: All you need to know about tight race for those Seanad seats. The Irish Times. 18 April 2016. 18 July 2016. 14 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160814042112/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/all-you-need-to-know-about-tight-race-for-those-seanad-seats-1.2613967. live.
  3. Web site: Maura Hopkins. ElectionsIreland.org. 14 July 2019. 3 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203103248/https://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=10766. live.