Breeda Moynihan Cronin

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Breeda Moynihan Cronin (born March 1953) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry South and Labour Party Spokesperson for Equality & Law Reform.

Breeda Moynihan Cronin was born in County Kerry and was educated at St. Brigid's Secondary School, Killarney, Sion Hill College, Dublin and Skerry's College, Cork. Moynihan Cronin worked as a bank official before becoming involved in politics in 1991 when she was elected to Kerry County Council. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1992 general election as a TD for Kerry South and has been re-elected at every election since then. She succeeded her father, Michael Moynihan, who was a TD for a number of years for the constituency.

Since being elected she has held a number of Front Bench positions in the Labour Party, including, spokesperson on Justice, Equality & Law Reform (1997 1998), spokesperson on Social, Community and Family Affairs (1998 1999), spokesperson on Tourism & Recreation (1999 2002), and spokesperson on Social, Community and Family Affairs (2002 2003). In 2003 she received her current position. Moynihan Cronin is also the current Chairperson of the Labour Party.

On 11 October 2005, she announced that she would not stand for re-election at the next general election due to ill-health. Her decision to retire presented considerable difficulties for the Labour Party to retain her seat, as the party performed poorly at the local elections in 2004, failing to elect any councillors within the constituency. However, on 28 October 2006, she announced that she would now stand in the forthcoming general election, having overcome her health difficulties [1].

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database