Marie Moloney | |
|---|---|
| Kerry County Councillor | |
| Assumed office May 2019 | |
| In office June 2009 – April 2011 | |
| Constituency | Killarney |
| Senator | |
| In office 25 May 2011 – 8 June 2016 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-08-26)26 August 1958 (age 67) County Kerry, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Marie Moloney (born 26 August 1958) is an IrishLabour Party politician and former member ofSeanad Éireann.[1]
From Coolick,Kilcummin, nearKillarney, Moloney was educated at the local national school and at Killarney Technical College.[2] From 1992 to 2007 she was constituency secretary ofBreeda Moynihan-Cronin, who was then a Labour PartyTD for theKerry South constituency.[3] She was elected toKerry County Council at the2009 local elections for theKillarneylocal electoral area, and was elected deputy mayor of County Kerry in June 2010.[2][4] She unsuccessfully contested the Kerry South constituency at the2011 general election. In April 2011 she was elected toSeanad Éireann on theLabour Panel. Moloney was once again elected toKerry County Council at the2019 and2024 council elections for theKillarney local electoral area.[5]
She is an official with the trade unionSIPTU.[2] She was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Social Protection. During the debate on theProtection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 in July 2013, she made an emotional appeal to senators to desist from using emotive language during the debate.[6]