Imelda Munster
TD
Munster in 2018
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
ConstituencyLouth
Personal details
Born (1968-02-24) 24 February 1968 (age 55)
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse
Niall Munster
​
(m. 1990)​
Children2
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology

Imelda Munster (born 24 February 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2016 general election.[1]

She was elected to Louth County Council representing the Drogheda East local electoral area following the 2004 local elections and was re-elected in 2009 to both Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council.[2]

She successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 8,829 first preference votes (13.1%)[3][4] and was re-elected at the 2020 general election receiving 17,203 first preference votes (24.34%).[5]

On 1 December 2023, Munster announced she would not be contesting the next Irish general election.[6]

Personal life

Munster lives with her husband Niall and two daughters in Melifont Park, Drogheda.

References

  1. ^ "Imelda Munster". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Imelda Munster". Elections Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Election 2016: Imelda Munster". RTÉ News. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "32nd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes". Elections Ireland. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "33rd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes". Elections Ireland. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster not to seek re-election at next General Election". Irish Independent. 1 December 2023.

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