1. Lorraine Clifford-Lee was born on 22 September 1981 and is an Irish Fianna Fail politician who has served as a senator since June 2020.
15 Facts About Lorraine Clifford-Lee
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was nominated by the Taoiseach to become a Senator in June 2020, having previously been selected from the 2016 to 2020 Cultural and Educational Panel.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee attended Our Lady of Mercy in Waterford and later studied at University College Cork where she became the Irish Officer on the Students Union.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee is a self-employed solicitor and is a fluent Irish speaker.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was an unsuccessful candidate for Dublin Fingal polling 3,359 of first preferences and was eliminated on the ninth count, while her running mate Darragh O'Brien was elected on the first count, topping the poll.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was a candidate in the 2019 Dublin Fingal by-election to fill the seat vacated following Independents 4 Change's Clare Daly election to the European Parliament in May 2019.
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At the start of the campaign, multiple tweets emerged where Lorraine Clifford-Lee appeared to make derogatory and xenophobic comments portraying negative and xenophobic attitudes towards foreigners, Irish Travellers as well as ableist and body shaming tweets about females.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was forced to apologise the tweets from 2011.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee refused calls to stand down as a candidate, claiming she was the victim of a smear campaign, while Fianna Fail did not discipline her.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was an unsuccessful candidate for Dublin Fingal at the 2020 general election.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee lost her seat at the 2020 Seanad election, but was returned to the Seanad after being nominated by the Taoiseach Micheal Martin, her party leader, in June 2020.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was the Fianna Fail Seanad spokesperson on Health.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was unsuccessful for the Dublin Fingal West constituency at the 2024 general election.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee lost her seat at the 2025 Seanad election.
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Lorraine Clifford-Lee was nominated to the 27th Seanad on 7 February 2025.