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Erin McGreehanTD
McGreehan in 2022
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2024
Constituency	Louth
Senator
In office 29 June 2020 – 30 November 2024
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	July 1982 (age 42) Castletowncooley, County Louth, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Domestic partner	Donal McMorland
Children	4
Alma mater	NUI Galway University College Dublin

Erin McGreehan (born July 1982) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2024 general election. She previously served as a Senator from 2020 to 2024, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.

Early life

McGreehan grew up in Castletowncooley, a townland in the north of County Louth, and attended Mullaghbuoy National School and Bush Post Primary School.

Personal life

McGreehan lives on the Cooley Peninsula with her partner, Donal McMorland, and their four children; they run an engineering business.

Political career

Formerly a member of Ógra Fianna Fáil in County Louth, she was elected to serve on the Ógra Fianna Fáil National Executive. She worked as a parliamentary assistant to Senator Diarmuid Wilson for several years.

She served as a member of Louth County Council from 2019 to 2020. In June 2020, she was nominated by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to Seanad Éireann. McGreehan was appointed to the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters and the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

In 2024, McGreehan welcomed the decision of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters to extend the Free Travel Pass to any person medically certified as unfit to drive.

At a selection convention on 8 August 2024 in Dundalk, McGreehan was selected as the Fianna Fáil candidate for the 2024 general election in the Louth constituency.

She is currently a Director of Women's Aid Dundalk. An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk and a member of Glenmore Athletic Club.

References

1. Ryan, Tim (2020). Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and the 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections. p. 182.
2. "Erin McGeehan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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4. "Cllr. Erin McGreehan | Louth County Council". Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
5. "Erin McGreehan picked to run in Dundalk Carlingford as Peter Savage steps down". The Argus. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 – via PressReader.
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8. "Oireachtas Committee Memberships". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
9. "McGreehan welcomes extension of Free Travel provision". erinmcgreehan.ie. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
10. "McGreehan selected to run for Fianna Fáil in Louth in General Election". The Argus. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024 – via Independent.ie.
11. "McGreehan celebrtes Women's Aid Award". 30 October 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via instagram.
12. "An Táin Audited AFS2021" (PDF). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2024 – via An Táin website. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)

External links

• Erin McGreehan's page on the Fianna Fáil website

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Members of the 26th Seanad
• 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann
• Politicians from County Louth
• Fianna Fáil senators
• Nominated members of Seanad Éireann
• Fianna Fáil TDs
• Members of the 34th Dáil
• 21st-century women Teachtaí Dála