Fidelma Healy Eames
| Fidelma Healy Eames | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
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In office July 2007 – April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 July 1962 Moylough, Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party |
Independent (from July 2013), Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Eames |
| Alma mater |
Carysfort College, Western Connecticut SU, NUI Galway |
| Occupation | Former Primary teacher, College lecturer |
| Website | fidelmahealyeames |
Fidelma Healy Eames (born 14 July 1962) is a former Irish politician and former member of Seanad Éireann. She was first elected to the Senate in 2007 by the Labour Panel. As a member of the Reform Alliance group, she sat as an independent senator, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2013. In March 2016 she announced her retirement from politics.
Healy Eames was born in Lakeview, Moylough, County Galway. She attended St. Patricks NS, Moylough and Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew. She grew up on the family dairy farm with her three sisters and one brother. Healy Eames is married to Michael Eames. They live in Mardee in Oranmore, County Galway.
Healy Eames graduated from both Carysfort College, Western Connecticut State University in the USA, and NUI Galway, holding B.Ed., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees respectively. She was a primary school teacher and college lecturer in teacher education, and is the director of her own business, "FHE Education and Training Providers".
Healy Eames was first elected to Galway County Council, for the Oranmore electoral area, and served there from 2004-2007. Her various appointments as a Galway County Councillor (2004-2007) included: Chairperson of County Galway Vocational Education Committee (VEC); member of Governing Body, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), member of HSE West Regional Forum, director of Galway Airport, member of Galway City and County Enterprise Board, member of Western Rail Committee and member of Galway Arts Centre Board.
She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2002, 2007, 2011, and 2016 general elections for the Galway West constituency. In the 2016 general election, she received 2.17% of the first preference vote, down from the 8.3% she had received in the 2011 election.
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