Mary Seery Kearney

Mary Seery Kearney is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1][2]

Senator

Mary Seery Kearney
Senator
Assumed office
29 June 2020
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
South Dublin County Councillor
In office
24 May 2019 – 29 June 2020
ConstituencyRathfarnham–Templeogue
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)David Seery Kearney
Children1
Alma materKing's Inns
Trinity College Dublin
Open University
OccupationBarrister
Websitemaryseerykearney.ie

Early life

Seery Kearney worked as a barrister, educator and business woman and as chief executive of a housing association.[3]

Political career

Seery Kearney worked as a Fine Gael Parliamentary Advisor and wrote a number of submissions on behalf of FG TDs participating in the Constitutional Convention.[3]

Seery Kearney served as a member of South Dublin County Council from 2019 to 2020.[4] She unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Panel at the 2020 Irish Seanad election.[5][6] She was nominated to the Senate by Taoiseach Micheál Martin in June 2020, and has been described as a possible future Dáil candidate in Dublin South-Central.[7]

Personal life

Seery Kearney lives in Templeogue with her husband David Seery Kearney, also a lawyer, and their daughter.[8]

References
  1. "Mary Seery Kearney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "Mary Seery-Kearney". Fine Gael.
  4. "Cllr Mary Seery Kearney". South Dublin County Council. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. McCrave, Conor. "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". TheJournal.ie.
  6. O'Halloran, Marie. "FG's Mary Seery Kearney added to ticket to contest Seanad election". The Irish Times.
  7. "Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's fresh snub of ex-TD Kate O'Connell for Seanad run". independent.
  8. "SEERY KEARNEY, Scarlett : Birth notice - Irish Times Family Notices". notices.irishtimes.com.
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