Déirdre de Búrca
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Déirdre de Búrca | |
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| Senator | |
| Assumed office 3 August 2007 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1963 Ireland |
| Political party | Green Party |
Déirdre de Búrca (born in October 1963) is an Irish politician and a Green Party member of Seanad Éireann and is a candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the Dublin constituency.[1]
Background
De Búrca attended Ursuline Convent, Cabinteely (now Cabinteely Community School), became a Primary School Teacher, and later qualified and practised as a psychologist.[2].
She was previously an elected member of Wicklow County Council and Bray Town Council for the Green Party. She was first elected in 1999 for the Bray district, and was returned with an increased vote in 2004, when she was also returned to the Town Council. She was born in Co. Dublin.
De Búrca won acclaim for recording a meeting of Wicklow county council. She claimed the meetings were being held in an undemocratic fashion, and councillors were not sufficiently accountable, particularly in relation to planning and rezoning decisions. [3]
She ran for election to Dáil Éireann on two occasionsbut was not elected: in the 2002 general election for the Wicklow constituency, and also for the 2007 general election in the same consittuency .
Senator & MEP Candidate
She was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to Seanad Éireann on 3 August 2007 as part of an agreement made by the Green Party under the Programme for Government. Subsequent to being appointed Member of Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs, in September 2008 she was selected as Green Party European Candidate for Dublin. She was also appointed by European Green Party as one of five Green European Ambassadors for 2009 European Parliament election campaign.
Her focus with the Green Party at national and European level is on the issues of Democracy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Sustainable Development, Poverty, Equality, Nuclear Disarmament and International Conflict Resolution.
Notes and references
- ^ [http://micandidate.eu/deirdredeburca De Burca's Profile on MiCandidate
- ^ De Burca website
- ^ Wicklow controversy
External links
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