Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| Assumed office January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2016 – February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Cork South-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Murphy 3 April 1969 Bandon, County Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Paddy O'Mahony |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Cork Institute of Technology |
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (born 3 April 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a senator for the Labour Panel since January 2025. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 2016 to 2020.
She had been a member of Cork County Council for the Bandon-Kinsale local electoral area from 2014 to 2016. She served on the now abolished Bandon Town Council from 2004 to 2014.
She is anti-abortion and did not support the repeal of the eighth amendment. She was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Disability from 2016 to 2020.
She lost her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election, and then unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2024 local elections for the Bandon-Kinsale area of Cork County council. She was elected to the Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election.