List of female members of the European Parliament for Ireland

This is a list of women who have served as members of the European Parliament for Ireland .

List

  Denotes incumbent member of the European Parliament

Name	Constituency	National party		EP group		Term start	Term end
Eileen Desmond [s 1]	Munster		Labour		PES	1979	1981 [nb 1]
Síle de Valera [s 3]	Dublin		Fianna Fáil		EPD	1979	1984 [nb 2]
Mary Banotti [s 5]	Dublin		Fine Gael		EPP [nb 3]	1984	2004 [nb 4]
Eileen Lemass [s 8]	Dublin		Fianna Fáil		EDA	1984	1989 [nb 5]
Nuala Ahern [s 10]	Leinster		Green		G	1994	1999 [nb 6]
					Greens/EFA	1999	2004 [nb 7]
Bernie Malone [s 13]	Dublin		Labour		PES	1994	1999 [nb 8]
Patricia McKenna [s 15]	Dublin		Green		G	1994	1999 [nb 6]
					Greens/EFA	1999	2004 [nb 9]
Avril Doyle [s 17]	Leinster		Fine Gael		EPP–ED [nb 3]	1999	2009 [nb 10]
Dana Rosemary Scallon [s 20]	Connacht–Ulster		Independent		EPP–ED [nb 3]	1999	2004 [nb 11]
Marian Harkin [s 22]	North-West		Independent		ALDE	2004	2014 [nb 12]
	Midlands–North-West					2014 [nb 12]	2019 [nb 13]
Mary Lou McDonald [s 25]	Dublin		Sinn Féin		GUE/NGL	2004	2009 [nb 14]
Mairead McGuinness [s 27]	East		Fine Gael		EPP–ED [nb 3]	2004	2014 [s 28]
	Midlands–North-West					2014	2020 [s 28]
Kathy Sinnott [s 29]	South		Independent		IND/DEM	2004	2009 [nb 15]
Nessa Childers [s 31]	East		Labour		S&D	2009	2013 [nb 16]
			Independent		NI	2013 [nb 17]	2014 [nb 18]
	Dublin [nb 18]		Independent		S&D	2014	2019 [nb 19]
Phil Prendergast [s 35]	South		Labour		S&D	2011 [nb 20]	2014 [nb 21]
Emer Costello [s 37]	Dublin		Labour		S&D	2012 [nb 22]	2014 [nb 23]
Lynn Boylan [s 39]	Dublin		Sinn Féin		GUE/NGL	2014	2019 [nb 24]
Deirdre Clune [s 41]	South		Fine Gael		EPP	2014	2024 [nb 25] [nb 26]
Liadh Ní Riada [s 44]	South		Sinn Féin		GUE/NGL	2014	2019 [nb 27]
Frances Fitzgerald [s 46]	Dublin		Fine Gael		EPP	2019	2024 [s 47] [nb 28]
Clare Daly [s 49]	Dublin		Inds. 4 Change		GUE/NGL	2019	2024 [s 50] [nb 29]
Grace O'Sullivan [s 52]	South		Green		Greens/EFA	2019	2024 [s 53] [nb 30]
Maria Walsh [s 55]	Midlands–North-West		Fine Gael		EPP	2019	Incumbent [s 56]
Lynn Boylan	Dublin		Sinn Féin		The Left	2024	Incumbent
Nina Carberry	Midlands–North-West		Fine Gael		EPP	2024	Incumbent
Regina Doherty	Dublin		Fine Gael		EPP	2024	Incumbent
Kathleen Funchion	South		Sinn Féin		The Left	2024	Incumbent
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú	South		Fianna Fáil		RE	2024	Incumbent

Footnotes

1. Eileen Desmond resigned on 7 July 1981 and was substituted by Seán Treacy on 9 July 1981. ^{[s 2]}
2. Síle de Valera did not contest the 1984 election. ^{[s 4]}
3. From 1999 to 2009, the European People's Party was known as the European People's Party–European Democrats. ^{[s 6]}
4. Mary Banotti did not contest the 2004 election. ^{[s 7]}
5. Eileen Lemass was defeated at the 1989 election. ^{[s 9]}
6. Both the Irish Green MEPs (Nuala Ahern and Patricia McKenna) sat from 1994 to 1999 as members of The Green Group in the European Parliament. After the 1999 election, they joined the new European Greens–European Free Alliance, an alliance of greens and regionalists.
7. Nuala Ahern did not contest the 2004 election. ^{[s 11] [s 12]}
8. Bernie Malone did not contest the 1999 election. ^{[s 14]}
9. Patricia McKenna did not contest the 2004 election. ^{[s 16]}
10. Avril Doyle did not contest the 2009 election. ^{[s 18] [s 19]}
11. The Connacht–Ulster constituency was abolished at the 2004 election. Dana Rosemary Scallon contested the new North-West constituency, where she was defeated. ^{[s 21]}
12. The North-West constituency was abolished at the 2014 election, when Marian Harkin was elected for the new Midlands–North-West constituency. ^{[s 23]}
13. Marian Harkin did not contest the 2019 election. ^{[s 24]}
14. Mary Lou McDonald was defeated at the 2009 election. ^{[s 26]}
15. Kathy Sinnott was defeated at the 2009 election. ^{[s 30]}
16. Nessa Childers resigned from the parliamentary Labour Party in April 2013. ^{[s 31] [s 32]}
17. Having left Labour, Nessa Childers sat as a Non-Inscrit until the 2014 election. ^{[s 31]}
18. The East constituency was abolished at the 2014 election. Nessa Childers stood in the Dublin constituency, where she won a seat. ^{[s 33]}
19. Nessa Childers did not contest the 2019 election. ^{[s 34]}
20. Alan Kelly was substituted by Phil Prendergast, after he was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election. ^{[s 36]}
21. Phil Prendergast was defeated at the 2014 election.
22. Proinsias De Rossa was substituted by Emer Costello, after he resigned from the European Parliament in February 2012.
23. Emer Costello was defeated at the 2014 election. ^{[s 38]}
24. Lynn Boylan was defeated at the 2019 election. ^{[s 40]}
25. After the 2019 election, Clune did not re-take her seat until the reallocation of seats which took place when the MEPs elected for the United Kingdom vacated their seats on the implementation of Brexit on 31 January 2020. ^{[s 42]}
26. Deirdre Clune did not contest the 2024 election. ^{[s 43]}
27. Liadh Ní Riada was defeated at the 2019 election. ^{[s 45]}
28. Frances Fitzgerald did not contest the 2024 election. ^{[s 48]}
29. Clare Daly was defeated at the 2024 election. ^{[s 51]}
30. Grace O'Sullivan was defeated at the 2024 election. ^{[s 54]}

References

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31. Personal profile of Nessa Childers in the European Parliament 's database of members. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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33. "Childers opts for Dublin constituency". The Corkman . 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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48. "Fitzgerald not contesting European Parliament election next year". RTÉ News. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
49. Personal profile of Clare Daly in the European Parliament 's database of members. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
50. "Clare Daly". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
51. Gataveckaite, Gabija (11 June 2024). "Clare Daly has lost her seat as an MEP in Dublin after Bríd Smith's transfers failed to get her ahead in the race". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
52. Personal profile of Grace O'Sulliva in the European Parliament 's database of members. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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Sources

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