Imelda Munster | |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 | |
Constituency | Louth |
Personal details | |
Born | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland | 24 February 1968
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse |
Niall Munster (
m. 1990) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Imelda Munster (born 24 February 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2016 general election. [1]
She was elected to Louth County Council representing the Drogheda East local electoral area following the 2004 local elections and was re-elected in 2009 to both Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council. [2]
She successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 8,829 first preference votes (13.1%) [3] [4] and was re-elected at the 2020 general election receiving 17,203 first preference votes (24.34%). [5]
On 1 December 2023, Munster announced she would not be contesting the next Irish general election. [6]
Munster lives with her husband Niall and two daughters in Melifont Park, Drogheda.