Deirdre Clune

Deidre Clune
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2011
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel
Teachta Dála
In office May 2007 – February 2011
In office June 1997 – May 2002
Constituency	Cork South Central
Lord Mayor of Cork
In office 2005–2006
Preceded by	Seán Martin
Succeeded by	Michael Ahern
Personal details
Born	1 June 1959 (1959-06-01) (age 52) Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Conor Clune
Alma mater	University College Cork, Trinity College, Dublin
Website	deirdreclune.ie

Deirdre Clune (née Barry; born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011. She is a former Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South Central constituency.^[1]

Early life

Clune was educated at Ursuline Convent Cork, University College Cork and Trinity College, Dublin.

Political career

Clune was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election succeeding her father, Peter Barry who was retiring. In the Dáil, she was appointed Fine Gael front bench spokesperson on Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands in June 2000 and spokesperson on Environmental and Consumer Affairs from February 2001.

She lost her seat at the 2002 general election. She also contested the 2002 elections to the 22nd Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, but was unsuccessful.^[2]

She was a member of Cork City Council and became the 68th Lord Mayor of Cork on 27 June 2005.

Clune regained her Dáil seat at the 2007 general election. She was party deputy spokesperson on Enterprise with special responsibility for Innovation from 2007–2010. In July 2010, she was appointed as party spokesperson on Innovation and Research.^[3]

She lost her seat at the 2011 general election to party colleague Jerry Buttimer.^[2] She was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel in April 2011.^[4] She is currently Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation.

See also

• Anthony Barry
• Families in the Oireachtas

References

1. ^ "Ms. Deirdre Clune". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=183&ConstID=43. Retrieved 28 February 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Deirdre Clune". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=148. Retrieved 28 February 2009. 
3. ^ "Bruton & Noonan return to Fine Gael frontbench". RTÉ News. 1 July 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0701/finegael.html. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
4. ^ "FG's Deirdre Clune takes first Seanad seat". RTÉ News. 26 April 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0426/seanad.html. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Deirdre Clune's page on the Fine Gael website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Peter Barry (Fine Gael)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Cork South Central 1997–2002	Succeeded by Dan Boyle (Green Party)
Preceded by Dan Boyle (Green Party)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Cork South Central 2007–2011	Succeeded by Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
Civic offices
Preceded by Seán Martin	Lord Mayor of Cork 2005	Succeeded by Michael Ahern

Persondata
Name	Clune, Deirdre
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 June 1959
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death