About - Erin McGreehan

Erin McGreehan

Senator in Louth and East Meath. Spokesperson on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.

Meet Erin

Erin was elected in May of 2019 on her first Election Campaign to Louth County Council and in June 2020, she was nominated to the 26th Seanad by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Her priorities for her term of Office is to highlight inequalities for minorities, people with disabilities and the lower-waged. Brexit is a huge threat to our economy, and she will work to help mitigate the costs of Brexit.

The strengthening of our towns and villages making them more sustainable and attractive and safer for communities is of huge importance to Erin. Growing up on a small farm, Erin understands and respects the importance of our agricultural industry. The rural way of life is an important cultural part of this country and needs to be protected.

Background

Erin McGreehan grew up in Cooley, Co. Louth. She went to school locally in Mullaghbuoy NS and Bush Post Primary. Erin continued her studies in the National University of Ireland, Galway where she undertook a Degree in Public and Social Policy, followed by a postgraduate Bachelor of Laws. After that, Erin completed a Masters in European Economics and Public Affairs in University College Dublin.

Erin and her other half Donal live in North Louth, they have  four young boys.

Erin loves the outdoors and spending time in nature, growing up on a farm she loves to assist on the farm. She is a sports lover and regularly attends GAA matches and is a regular at Oriel Park, supporting Dundalk FC.

 

 

Fianna Fáil is a centre-left national party.

Name origin

Fianna Fáil loosely translates as ‘soldiers of destiny’ or ‘warriors of Fál’. It’s full name is “Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party”.

Ideology

The party’s name and logo incorporates the words ‘The Republican Party’. “Republican” here stands both for the unity of the island of Ireland and a commitment to the historic principles of European republican philosophy, namely liberty, equality and fraternity. The party’s enduring goal is to reunite the north and the south of Ireland.

Construction

The party was founded as an Irish republican party on 16 May 1926 by Éamon de Valera and his supporters after they split from the anti-treaty wing of Sinn Féin on the issue of abstentionism in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War.

The party dominated Irish political life for most of the 20th century, and, since its foundation, either it or Fine Gael has led every government. Between 1932 and 2011, it was the largest party in Dáil Éireann, but latterly with a decline in its vote share; from 1989 onwards, its periods of government were in coalition with parties of either the left or the right.

Evolution

Fianna Fáil’s vote collapsed in the 2011 general election; it emerged in third place, in what was widely seen as a political realignment in the wake of the post-2008 Irish economic downturn. By 2016 it had recovered enough to become the largest opposition party, and it entered a confidence and supply arrangement with a Fine Gael-led minority government.

In 2020, after a number of months of political stalemate following the general election, Fianna Fáil agreed with Fine Gael and the Green Party to enter into an unprecedented grand coalition, with the leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael rotating between the roles of Taoiseach and Tánaiste.

Constituency