Donna McGettigan (born 1971/1972)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency since the 2024 general election.[2]
Donna McGettigan | |
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.jpg) McGettigan in 2022 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Clare |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 or 1972 (age 52) Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland[1] |
| Political party | Sinn Féin (since 1988)[1] |
McGettigan was an unsuccessful candidate for the Ennis area in the 2019 Irish local elections but came back and won a seat in the Shannon area in the 2024 Irish local elections of June 2024.[3]
In August 2024 a dispute broke out within Sinn Féin's Clare branch over the selection of the party's candidate for the 2024 general election.[4] Shannon-based McGettigan was nominated after meeting the required nominations, but two local cumainn, East Clare and North Clare, wrote to party leader Mary Lou McDonald requesting a reconsideration, as they had nominated Noeleen Moran. Sinn Féin's rules required a candidate to secure nominations from both a cumann and another party body, such as the Munster Cúige or Ard Comhairle. Moran failed to receive the necessary second nomination, which led to her disqualification and claims that the process had been "predetermined" and that local Clare members were excluded from the decision. The chairs of the two cumainn criticised the lack of transparency and fairness in the process, suggesting that any qualifying member should have been allowed to contest the convention. They also highlighted issues from the 2020 election, where Violet-Anne Wynne left the party after mistreatment. Sinn Féin defended the process, stating it adhered to party rules, while both McGettigan and Moran declined to comment.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Deegan, Gordon (1 December 2024). "Clare: Donna McGettigan". Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Clare 2024 election results". RTÉ News. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Donna McGettigan election results". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b Hosford, Paul (13 August 2024). "Row erupts over candidate selection process in Sinn Féin's Clare branch". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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