Olwyn Enright
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Olwyn Enright (Irish: Olwyn Nic Ionnrachtaigh; born 1 July 1974) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for Laois-Offaly and Fine Gael Spokesperson for Education & Science.
Olwyn Enright was born in Birr, County Offaly. She was educated in St. Brendan's Community School, Birr and University College Dublin where she qualified with a Bachelor of Civil Law. Enright served in Offaly County Council between 1999 and 2004. She was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time in the 2002 general election, the first female TD to represent the Laois Offaly constituency. Within her first few weeks in the Dáil she was appointed Fine Gael Spokesperson for Education & Science. Olwyn Enright succeeded in the seat of her father, Tom Enright, a Fine Gael TD and Senator for over thirty years until his retirement in 2002. In July 2005, Enright married the then Fine Gael Senator, Joe McHugh. McHugh was elected to the Dáil in 2007, making them the third married couple to be elected to sit in the same Dáil.[1]
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Her cousin Edmund is better known as the popular Irish singer Mundy.
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- ^ Michael O'Higgins and his wife Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins both served in the 16th, 17th and 18th Dála, and Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr and his wife Mary Flaherty both served as members in the 23rd Dáil.
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| Preceded by Tom Enright (Fine Gael) |
Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois-Offaly 2002–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Michael Creed |
Opposition Spokesperson on Education & Science 2002–present |
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