Catherine Noone | |
|---|---|
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| Deputy leader of the Seanad | |
| In office 1 July 2016 – 27 March 2020 | |
| Taoiseach | |
| Leader | Jerry Buttimer |
| Preceded by | Ivana Bacik |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Chambers |
| Senator | |
| In office 25 May 2011 – 29 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1976[1] Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
| Website | catherinenoone |
Catherine Anna Noone (born 24 June 1976) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician.[2] She served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel from April 2011 to March 2020.[3]
Prior to her election to the Seanad she was a member of Dublin City Council from 2009 to 2011 for the South East Inner City electoral area where she was elected on the last count over 200 votes short of a quota.[4]
Originally from County Mayo, she studied law in NUI, Galway and is a practising solicitor.[1]
She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Arts and Culture.
Noone stood for the Dáil in the 2016 general election in the four seater Dublin West constituency but was eliminated after the second count with 1,074 first preference votes.[5] She was later nominated for the Seanad and was elected on the 26th count. After being elected to her second term in Seanad Éireann, she was appointed by the Taoiseach as Deputy leader of the Seanad in July 2016.
In 2017, Noone was chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment, which recommended that it be repealed.[6] Noone was then one of the primary members of Fine Gael who campaigned for a yes vote in the subsequent referendum of 2018, which ultimately led to the repeal of the amendment in Ireland.[7]
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2020 general election,[8][9] and lost her seat at the 2020 Seanad election, being eliminated on the 14th count.[10]
- ^ a b Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 204. ISBN 9780717150595.
- ^ "Catherine Noone". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Senators elected to the new Seanad". RTÉ News. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Catherine Noone". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Dublin West: 2016 general election". irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Kinsella, Carl. "Senator Catherine Noone has provided a blueprint for 2018's abortion debate". Joe. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ McKenna Barry, Sarah (23 October 2018). "Repeal Campaigners Receive The Overall Award At The Women Of The Year Awards". Gcn. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone was also included in the overall award in recognition of the role she played as chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment which recommended that Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution be repealed.
- ^ Cullen, Paul (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Dublin Bay North results: Social Democrats, Labour, FF take final seats". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Dublin Bay North". Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie. "Seanad election: Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley and Fine Gael's Catherine Noone eliminated". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2020.