Clare Daly | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 17 July 2024 | |
Constituency | Dublin |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2016 – July 2019 | |
Constituency | Dublin Fingal |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin North |
Personal details | |
Born | Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | 16 April 1968
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Other political affiliations |
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Spouse |
Michael Murphy
(m. 1999, separated) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Dublin City University |
Website | claredaly |
Clare Daly (born 16 April 1968) is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.
In the 1980s Daly was a member of the Labour Party as a teenager, but was later expelled alongside other members after they were accused of being Trotskyists infiltrating the party using the tactic of entryism. She went on to be a founding member of "Militant Labour", later renamed the Socialist Party. In 1999 she was elected to Fingal County Council, a position she held for 12 years. Daly was elected as a Socialist Party TD for the Dublin North constituency at the 2011 general election.[1]
Since 2012, Daly has had a close political association with Mick Wallace.[2] After the Socialist Party condemned Wallace for tax evasion, Daly left the party in August 2012[2][3] and formed United Left.[4] Since becoming an MEP, Daly has gained international attention for her foreign policy positions, particularly on Russia. Describing herself as an opponent of "EU militarism",[5] her views have been the subject of controversy and criticism in Europe, but have been promoted by state-controlled media in Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and other authoritarian states.[6][7] Daly lost her seat in the 2024 European Parliament election.[8]
The fallout from technical group member Mick Wallace's tax affairs has seen Clare Daly resign from the Socialist Party
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