Galway Chamber in conversation with...Mary Lou McDonald TD, Leader of Sinn Féin

Galway Chamber is delighted to announce our Live Leader Series with our first Guest - Leader of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, TD.

Places are limited so please register for this event. 

There will be an opportunity to submit questions for Mary Lou McDonald on the day but please feel free to send your questions to elaine@galwaychamber.com in advance of the event. 

Mary Lou McDonald, TD - Leader of Sinn Féin:

Mary Lou is Leader of Sinn Féin and Teachta Dála for the Dublin Central constituency.

Prior to becoming Leader of Sinn Féin in February 2018 Mary Lou was Deputy Leader of the party. Following her election to the Dáil in 2011 Mary Lou was Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson for Public Expenditure and Reform and on her re-election in 2016 Sinn Féin’s All-Ireland Spokesperson for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. She was a prominent member of the Public Accounts Committee between 2011 and 2017 holding Ministers and senior civil servants to account. She has also served on the Joint Oireachtas Committees for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Future of Mental Health.

She was an MEP for Dublin from 2004 to 2009 and during her time in the European Parliament Mary Lou was a prominent member of the Employment and Social Affairs committee and Civil Liberties committee.

Educated in Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Limerick and Dublin City University she studied English Literature, European Integration Studies and Human Resource Management. She previously worked as a consultant for the Irish Productivity Centre, a researcher for the Institute of European Affairs and a trainer in the trade union sponsored Partnership Unit of the Educational and Training Services Trust