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In a personal capacity until 2009 Byrne was a Board member of Console, an organisation under the patronage of President [[Mary McAleese]]. This was set up by the families of those bereaved through suicide to help the family and friends of suicide victims. She is currently Chairperson of the Visiting Committee for [[Dóchas Centre]] women's prison, at Mountjoy, Dublin. She has been a Board member of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and in Spring 2010, she was selected as Chairperson. |
In a personal capacity until 2009 Byrne was a Board member of Console, an organisation under the patronage of President [[Mary McAleese]]. This was set up by the families of those bereaved through suicide to help the family and friends of suicide victims. She is currently Chairperson of the Visiting Committee for [[Dóchas Centre]] women's prison, at Mountjoy, Dublin. She has been a Board member of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and in Spring 2010, she was selected as Chairperson. |
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In 2009, Byrne drew criticism when she suggested it was "unpatriotic" for the Republic's citizens to go shopping in [[Northern Ireland]]. Her comments were denounced as "[[partitionism|partitionist]]" by Sinn Féin's [[Martin McGuinness]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0123/northpolitics.html |title=McGuinness defends cross-border shopping |date=23 January 2009 |publisher=[[RTÉ News and Current Affairs|RTÉ News]] |accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7902429.stm |title=Embracing the ‘new partitionism’ |date=20 February 2009 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:27, 2 October 2010
Eibhlin Byrne | |
|---|---|
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 30 June 2008 – 30 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Paddy Bourke |
| Succeeded by | Emer Costello |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Ken Byrne |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Eibhlin Byrne is a former Fianna Fáil politician, and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2008–09.
Byrne has held a number of senior positions including (current) Senior Manager of the Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service, Head of Communication and Advocacy at Depaul Trust (Homeless Service) (2003–2006), and Chair of the National Council on Ageing and Older People.[1] She has also worked as a volunteer with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
Byrne began her career as a secondary school teacher and also ran language programmes between Irish students and young people in France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
She was a member of the Dublin City Council for the Clontarf area from 2003–09 when she was co-opted to replace Sandra Geraghty. She was re-elected in June 2004 for a five year term. [2][3] She was elected as Lord Mayor in 2008 by Fianna Fáil councillors with the support of councillors from the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and several Independents. Byrne was previously a member of the City Council's Housing Strategic Policy Group, the Dublin Regional Authority, and the Dublin Bay Task Force.
On 15 April 2009, Byrne was nominated as a Fianna Fáil candidate (along with Eoin Ryan) for the Dublin constituency at the 2009 European Parliament election which was held on 5 June 2009 but she was not elected.[4] Byrne did not stand for re-election to Dublin City Council.
In a personal capacity until 2009 Byrne was a Board member of Console, an organisation under the patronage of President Mary McAleese. This was set up by the families of those bereaved through suicide to help the family and friends of suicide victims. She is currently Chairperson of the Visiting Committee for Dóchas Centre women's prison, at Mountjoy, Dublin. She has been a Board member of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and in Spring 2010, she was selected as Chairperson.
In 2009, Byrne drew criticism when she suggested it was "unpatriotic" for the Republic's citizens to go shopping in Northern Ireland. Her comments were denounced as "partitionist" by Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.[5][6]
References
- ^ "The Right Honorable Eibhlin Byrne". The Richard W. Riley Institute. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ Feehan, Conor (1 June 2008). "Eibhlin's to the manner Byrne". Evening Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ "Eibhlin Byrne". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Dublin Mayor to contest European elections for FF". Evening Herald. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ "McGuinness defends cross-border shopping". RTÉ News. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Embracing the 'new partitionism'". BBC News. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.