Mairéad Farrell | |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2020 | |
Constituency | Galway West |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Galway, Ireland | 5 January 1990
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Relatives | Mairéad Farrell (aunt) |
Alma mater | |
Mairéad Farrell (born 6 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]
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]
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]