Mary Lou McDonald
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| Mary Lou McDonald | |
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| Constituency | Dublin |
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| Born | 1 May 1969 Dublin |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | www.dublincentralsinnfein.com |
Mary Lou McDonald (born 1 May 1969 in Dublin), is an Irish politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament representing the Sinn Féin party.
Mary Lou McDonald was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Limerick and Dublin City University studying English Literature, European Integration Studies and Human Resource Management.[1] Her political career to-date has her involved in diverse roles, including consultant for the Irish Productivity Centre, Institute of European Affairs researcher and a trainer in the Partnership Unit of the Educational and Training Services Trust.[1]
Originally a member of Fianna Fáil, McDonald first ran for office when she unsuccessfully contested the Dublin West constituency for Sinn Féin at the 2002 general election polling 8.02% of first preference votes. In 2004 McDonald became Sinn Féin's first Member of the European Parliament in the Republic of Ireland when she was elected in the 2004 European elections for the Dublin constituency. She is a member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle (party leadership), as of 2001,[2] and is the party's national Chairperson, replacing Mitchel McLaughlin.
In September 2003, Mary Lou McDonald attracted criticism when she spoke at a rally in Dublin to commemorate Seán Russell, an IRA leader during World War II.[3][4][5][6] Russell had forged an alliance with Nazi Germany in 1940 and died on a German U-boat returning from Germany to Ireland in August of that year.
In December 2005 she was selected as the Sinn Féin general election candidate in the constituency of Dublin Central. She failed to get elected when this election was held on May 24, 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mary Lou McDonald MEP Dublin. Sinn Féin Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ MEP profile. European Parliament. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Cusack, Jim (2004-06-06). SF's Nazi hero is stalking candidate Mary Lou. Irish Independent. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. “SINN FEIN'S Mary Lou McDonald has been accused of "warped principles" for participating in a republican commemoration ceremony last year for a Nazi collaborator while standing as a candidate for the European Parliament.”
- ^ McDonald, Henry (2005-01-16). This dastardly plot. The Observer. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. “Because if they had really wanted to shine a light into this very dark corner of Irish republican history then the vandals would have been better protesting in Fairview Park, holding seminars to discuss the IRA/Nazi links in the 1940s and publicly challenging anyone, including the Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald, who rushes to honour Russell as to why they feel it's alright to rally round a statue of one of Adolf Hitler's allies in World War Two.”
- ^ Colgan, Paul; Neil Callanan. Profile: Prime time Shinner. The Sunday Business Post. Archived from the original on 2004-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. “She encountered criticism after speaking at a commemoration for IRA volunteer Sean Russell last year.”
- ^ Myers, Kevin (2005-01-16). There are real Nazi lovers here: the IRA. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. “That she had delivered an encomium to a pro-Nazi stooge should have caused to her to be eaten alive by her rival candidates: imagine the consequences of a British politician rededicating herself to the cause of Oswald Mosley. Instead, the matter was never raised during the campaign that followed, lest it seem unseemly. She was duly elected to the European parliament, the only Euro-MP who retrospectively favours collaboration with the Nazis.”
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