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Clare Daly | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Daly in 2019 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| 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 | 16 April 1968 Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland |
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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 June 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]
- ^ "Clare Daly". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Profile: Clare Daly TD". The Phoenix. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Grant, Adrian (21 October 2021). "Column: Troubles over Mick Wallace follow a long line of left-wing splits". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
The fallout from technical group member Mick Wallace's tax affairs has seen Clare Daly resign from the Socialist Party
- ^ "Clare Daly resigns from the Socialist Party". RTÉ News. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Viktor Orban, Gaza, and an EU-wide definition of rape: Irish MEPs' top concerns going into 2024". TheJournal.ie. 29 December 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ 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 11 June 2024.