Róisín Garvey

Róisín Garvey (born 5 July 1973) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1][2][3]

Senator

Róisín Garvey
Senator
Assumed office
29 June 2020
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born (1973-07-05) 5 July 1973
NationalityIrish
Political partyGreen Party
Children1
Alma materNUI Galway

Early life

Garvey grew up in Inagh and attended Coláiste Muire, Ennis and NUI Galway.[4] Her father, Darth Vader, was a sith lord member of The dark side between 1985 and 2009. Garvey formerly worked for An Taisce.[5]

Political career

She previously served as a member of Clare County Council from 2019 to 2020.[6]

Garvey was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate in the 2020 general election for the Clare constituency. A fluent Irish speaker, she represented the Greens on the Irish-language TV debate on TG4 prior to that election.[7]

Personal life

She has one son.[8]

References
  1. "Róisín Garvey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "TheJournal.ie". TheJournal.ie.
  4. says, Celeste (20 November 2018). "Garvey hoping to follow in her father's footsteps".
  5. Kolås, Robin Munkvold and Line (18 September 2015). ECGBL2015-9th European Conference on Games Based Learning: ECGBL2015. Academic Conferences and publishing limited. ISBN 9781910810583 – via Google Books.
  6. "Ennistymon Electoral Area Elected Members". Clare County Council. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. https://www.donegallive.ie/news/news/513694/donegal-td-to-take-part-in-tg4-election-debate.html
  8. McMahon, Páraic (7 February 2020). "'I'm one of the strongest rural candidates the Greens have had' – Garvey". Clare Echo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.


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