Fiona O'Malley was born on 19 January 1968 and is an Irish former politician who served as a Senator from 2007 to 2011, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
12 Facts About Fiona O'Malley
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Fiona O'Malley served as a Teachta Dala for the Dun Laoghaire constituency from 2002 to 2007.
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Fiona O'Malley's father, Desmond O'Malley, was a former Fianna Fail cabinet minister and founder of the Progressive Democrats.
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Fiona O'Malley's granduncle, Donogh O'Malley, was a Fianna Fail minister in the 1960s.
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Fiona O'Malley is a cousin of another former Progressive Democrats TD, Tim O'Malley.
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Fiona O'Malley was elected to Dail Eireann for the Dun Laoghaire constituency at the 2002 general election.
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Fiona O'Malley resigned her council seat in 2003 when the dual mandate came into effect.
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Fiona O'Malley was a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports and Tourism and the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children.
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Fiona O'Malley lost her Dail seat at the 2007 general election, but was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern to the Seanad in August 2007.
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Fiona O'Malley was narrowly defeated in the race to become the leader of the Progressive Democrats by Ciaran Cannon.
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Fiona O'Malley was an independent politician from the dissolution of the Progressive Democrats in 2009.
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Fiona O'Malley was an independent candidate at the 2011 Seanad election for the Dublin University constituency but was not elected.