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Dublin Fingal West: Louise O’Reilly (SF)

Leading Sinn Féin TD has strong background in labour movement

Elected TDs
Louise O'Reilly

Louise O’Reilly has been re-elected to the Dáil for Sinn Féin in the new constituency of Fingal West.

With a strong background in the labour movement – she and her father were both trade union officials -- she was the party’s spokeswoman on workers’ rights, enterprise, trade, and employment.

She had previously been the Sinn Féin spokeswoman on health.

O’Reilly, who is 51, was successful in her first attempt to win a Dail seat in the election in 2016 for the former constituency of Dublin Fingal.

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Before being elected as a TD in 2016, she was a full-time trade union organiser and served for many years as a member of the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu).

O’Reilly is  married with one daughter.

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Martin Wall

Martin Wall

Martin Wall is the Public Policy Correspondent of The Irish Times.