Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Senator
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
Senator
Assumed office
27 April 2016
Constituency Labour Panel
Personal details
Born Jennifer Murnane
(1966-05-24) May 24, 1966
Graiguecullen, County Carlow, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s) Pat O'Connor
Children 4
Alma mater Cork Institute of Technology

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (born 24 May 1966) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016.[1][2]

She was elected for the Labour Panel to the 25th Seanad in April 2016, having narrowly missed out on a Dáil seat in 2016 general election.[3]

Political career

Murnane O'Connor first ran for the Dáil in 2011, when she polled 6% of the first preference vote in Carlow–Kilkenny for Fianna Fáil.

She did not run in the 2015 by-election in the constituency, caused by the appointment of Phil Hogan to the European Commission, but was chosen to contest the 2016 general rlection as the Carlow-based candidate on a Fianna Fáil ticket that also featured sitting TDs John McGuinness and Bobby Aylward (who won the 2015 by-election). Murnane O'Connor polled 12% of the first preference vote but was not elected.

Murnane O'Connor was elected to the 25th Seanad, on the Labour Panel, in April 2016.

Personal life

Murnane O'Connor is the daughter of former Carlow County Councillor Jimmy Murnane, who served on the local council for several years. She was co-opted to Carlow Urban District Council in 1999 following her father's retirement. She topped the polls for both for the Urban & County Council at the following elections.[4][5][6]

Prior to her election as a politician at a national level, she worked in Graham's; a shoe shop in Carlow town.

She married Pat O'Connor in 1985. They have two sons and two daughters.

References

  1. ↑ "Ms. Jennifer Murnane O'Connor". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jennifer Murnane O'Connor". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/2016/07/14/murnane-oconnor-slams-minister-over-lack-of-respite-care-in-carlow/
  4. ↑ "Carlow County Council Election (2004)". IrelandElection.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Carlow County Council Election (2009)". IrelandElection.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Carlow County Council Election (2014)". IrelandElection.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

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