Kathryn Reilly | |
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Senator | |
In office April 2011 – April 2016 | |
Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Ballyjamesduff, Cavan, Ireland | 17 September 1988
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Alma mater |
Dublin City University, University College Dublin |
Kathryn Reilly (born 17 September 1988) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and former member of Seanad Éireann. [1]
Reilly grew up in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan. [2] She has a degree in economics from Dublin City University, [2] and a master's degree in European economic and public affairs from University College Dublin. [3] She previously worked as a parliamentary assistant to former Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan. [4]
Reilly entered politics for election to Dáil Éireann in the Cavan–Monaghan constituency at the 2011 general election, but was not elected. [5] In April 2011 she was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. [5]
She was the youngest member of the Oireachtas in 2011; having been elected at age 22, and she is the youngest ever elected member of the Seanad. [6]
She was again an unsuccessful candidate in the Cavan–Monaghan constituency at the 2016 general election. [7]
In March 2016, she confirmed her intention not to run for re-election to the Seanad, [8] saying she felt "cast aside" by the party. [9]