Senator Nikki Bradley
Bradley in 2025
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2024
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	(1986-01-23)23 January 1986 (age 39) County Donegal, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael

Nikki Bradley (born 23 January 1986)^[1][2] is an IrishFine Gael politician who has served as asenator since July 2024. She is also adisability rights advocate and amotivational speaker.^[3][4][5]

Bradley is fromMilford, County Donegal. Diagnosed withEwing sarcoma in 2002, at age 16, she has used crutches since 2013, following twohip replacements.^[4][6][7] Since 2013, she has undertaken a variety of physical-fitness challenges, such as climbing four mountains (Carrauntoohil,Croagh Patrick,Slieve Donard andErrigal) in 32 hours.^[8] She has documented these challenges as part of her "Fighting Fit for Ewing's" online awareness campaign.^[6][9] She has also worked with other disability organisations.^[3] In 2022, she had a partial legamputation androtationplasty.^[10]

On 10 July 2024, Bradley wasnominated to the26th Seanad by theTaoiseach,Simon Harris, to fill the vacancy caused bythe election ofRegina Doherty to theEuropean Parliament.^[4] In a statement accepting the nomination, she said that she planned to speak on disability issues, thedefective block crisis, andvoter turnout amongyoung voters.^[11] On 11 July she was formally introduced to the Seanad and made hermaiden speech.^[12]

Bradley contested the2024 general election, standing as one of two Fine Gael candidates in theDonegal constituency.^[13] She received 3,658 first-preference votes (4.7%) and was eliminated on the 14th count with 6,176 votes overall.^[14] Neither she nor her Fine Gael running mate was elected, marking the first time since the 1930s that the party did not win a seat in Donegal.^[15] Bradley's post-election interviews sparked anger and went viral after she claimed that a "negative attitude" persisted in Donegal and that voters were "moaning and groaning" about issues.^[16] She later issued an apology for her comments.^[17][18]

On 7 February 2025, Bradley wasnominated to the27th Seanad by theTaoiseach.^[19][20]

• Nikki Bradley's page on the Fine Gael website

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• People from Milford, County Donegal
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