1. Lynn Boylan is an Irish Sinn Fein politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2024.
19 Facts About Lynn Boylan
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Lynn Boylan was previously an MEP for Dublin from 2014 to 2019.
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In 2005, Boylan moved to County Kerry while working as a coordinator for the Irish Wildlife Trust at Killarney National Park.
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Lynn Boylan attributed her defeats to being an outsider: "As a Dub in Kerry the odds were stacked against me", she told The Irish Times in 2014.
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Lynn Boylan returned to Dublin in 2011 to work in Ballymun, for the Global Action Plan, an environmental initiative funded by Ballymun Regeneration.
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In September 2013, Lynn Boylan was selected as the Sinn Fein candidate for the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European Parliament election.
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Lynn Boylan then left her job, and as a candidate was paid a wage by Sinn Fein during the campaign.
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Lynn Boylan began her campaign "practically anonymous", according to Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
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Lynn Boylan was a campaigner for the release of Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen from Firhouse in South Dublin who was imprisoned in Egypt between 2013 and 2017 and was adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
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In March 2015, Lynn Boylan described Halawa as an "Irish-speaking, GAA-playing Dublin lad", and asked if the Irish Government would do more if his name was "Paddy Murphy".
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In December 2015, Lynn Boylan sponsored a motion in the European Parliament calling Halawa's release.
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Lynn Boylan introduced his two sisters to the Parliament before the vote, which passed by over 560 votes to 11.
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Lynn Boylan lost her seat at the 2019 European Parliament election.
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In December 2023, it was announced that Lynn Boylan would run for the European Parliament again in 2024, alongside Daithi Doolan.
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On 11 June 2024, Lynn Boylan was elected to the European Parliament as MEP for Dublin, taking the third seat of four.
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Lynn Boylan was elected to the Seanad in April 2020 as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel.
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Lynn Boylan was the Sinn Fein candidate at the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election.
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Lynn Boylan was not elected, getting 4,245 first-preference votes.
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Lynn Boylan is the partner of Eoin O Broin, who has been the Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Mid-West since 2016.