Imelda Henry | |
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Senator | |
In office 25 May 2011 –8 June 2016 | |
Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | County Sligo,Ireland | 5 March 1967
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse | Aiden Meehan |
Children | 2 |
Imelda Henry (born 5 March 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former senator. [1] She was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. [2] and lost her seat at the following election in April 2016.
She was a member of Sligo County Council from 2004 to 2011 for the Strandhill local electoral area. [3] Her father,Peter Henry,had previously been a member of the Council between 1985 and 1999.
She was a candidate for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency at the 2007 general election but was not elected. [3] She also unsuccessfully contested the 2007 Seanad election.
She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Children between 2011 and 2016.
In August 2020,she attended a golf party in County Galway which breached the COVID-19 guidelines. [4]
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