Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Mary Mitchell O'Connor
Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2011
Constituency Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councillor
In office
June 2004 – February 2011
Personal details
Nationality Irish
Political party Fine Gael
Alma mater Carysfort College
Website marymitchelloconnor.com

Mary Mitchell O’Connor is an Irish Fine Gael politician.[1] She was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency at the 2011 general election.[2] She was a Progressive Democrats County Councillor before joining Fine Gael in 2007.[3]

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Biography

She was born in Milltown, County Galway. She graduated from Carysfort College and worked as a teacher. She was appointed principal of Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne, County Meath. In 1999 she became school principal at The Harold School, a position she held until her election to the Dáil. She lives in Cabinteely, Dublin, with her two sons.[4]

Political career

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

In 2004 as a Progressive Democrats (PD) candidate, she was elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.[3] As a Councillor, she campaigned against the reintroduction of university fees, against the budget-related increase in pupil-teacher ratios. She also took part in the Sandycove Tidy Towns campaign.

In 2006, when the Maritime Museum closed, she called on the council to financially support it.[5]

In December 2007 she resigned from Progressive Democrats and joined Fine Gael.[6] Welcoming her to the party, Enda Kenny said that it was "the first move by a PD public representative to join an alternative party since the general election". Mitchell O'Connor said that she "made a decision on how best to represent the people that elected me".[7] In 2008–09, she was Chairperson of Dun Laoghaire Area Committee for Transport, Economic Development and Planning.[8]

In June 2009, she was re-elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. She was the Chairperson of Dún Laoghaire Area Committee for Environment, Housing, Culture, Community Development and Amenities.[8] She has led campaigns to protect public amenities in Dún Laoghaire, including public access to the sea front, public transport, and she campaigned to prevent the acquisition of Dún Laoghaire baths by private companies. She has also campaigned against high-rise development which was regarded by many local people as inappropriate for Dún Laoghaire. In 2010, she led the Save the Sandycove Green Campaign against adding more parking spaces to Sandycove Green. She called for an introduction of higher standards of building regulations, in order to increase the quality of new buildings, at the same time protecting the environment.[4]

Dáil Éireann

In December 2010 she was selected as a Fine Gael candidate for the Dún Laoghaire constituency.[9]

Mitchell O'Connor was elected as a TD for the Dún Laoghaire constituency constituency at the 2011 general election. The newly-elected Fine Gael TD, surprised staff at Leinster House on 2 March 2011 by driving her campaign car across the pedestrian plinth in the Dáil car park and down the steps. The plinth has a ramp at one side to facilitate wheelchair access, but steps at the other end. The incident was witnessed by several journalists and was reported on by RTÉ evening news.[10]

During a Dail session in July 2011, she was referred to as Miss Piggy by Mick Wallace, a member of the technical group.[11] She then turned the Leinster House pink the following Friday in aid of breast cancer.[12]

Campaign for women's rights

Mitchell O'Connor is an advocate for women's rights. In August 2010 she called for a reform of Dáil Éireann, so that women can work efficiently there.[13] She currently campaigns for eviction of men who are perpetrators of domestic violence.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Ms. Mary Mitchell O'Connor". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=31&MemberID=2284&ConstID=97. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Boyd-Barret takes last Dún Laoghaire seat". The Irish Times. 27 February 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0227/breaking16.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Mary Mitchell O'Connor". ElectionsIreland.org. http://ElectionsIreland.org/?291. Retrieved 11 December 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Fine Gael Councillors". Mary Mitchell O'Connor. http://research.finegael.org/people/f/915/article. Retrieved 30 December 2010. 
  5. ^ "Minutes of Meeting of County Council". Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 13 March 2006. http://www.dlrcoco.ie/Meetings/2006/countycouncil/March06.htm. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 
  6. ^ "Defection of O'Connor to Fine Gael is a fresh blow for the PDs". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/defection-of-oconnor-to-fine-gael-is-a-fresh-blow-for-the-pds-1244015.html. Retrieved 11 December 2007. 
  7. ^ "Enda Kenny Welcomes Former PD Cllr Mary Mitchell O'Connor to Fine Gael Party". City Local. http://www.citylocal.ie/DublinSouth/news-in-DublinSouth/enda-kenny-welcomes-former-pd-cllr-mary-mitchell-oconnor-to-fine-gael-party-3803/. Retrieved 11 December 2007. 
  8. ^ a b "Mary Mitchell O'Connor". Electoral candidates. http://www.micandidate.eu/candidate.aspx?idcandidate=2289. Retrieved 11 December 2011. 
  9. ^ "Fine Gael urges Ross to contest election". The Irish Times. 13 January 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0113/1224287413101.html. 
  10. ^ "Fine Gael and Labour briefed on economy". RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0302/politics.html. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
  11. ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0713/wallacem.html
  12. ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0715/politics.html
  13. ^ "Mum Olwyn is right to quit the Dail, insists Fox". Evening Herald. http://www.herald.ie/world-news/mum-olwyn-is-right-to-quit-the-dail-insists-fox-2318507.html. Retrieved 31 August 2010. 
  14. ^ "Council powerless to evict perpetrators of domestic violence". Dublin People. http://www.dublinpeople.com/content/view/4210/57/. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 

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Preceded by
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2011–present
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