Lynn Boylan
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Lynn Boylan MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Dublin |
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Lynn Boylan 29 November 1976 Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party |
 Irish:Sinn Féin  EU:GUE/NGL |
| Spouse(s) | Eoin Ó Broin |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | Official website |
Lynn Boylan (Irish: Lynn Ní Bhaoighealláin; born 29 November 1976) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin since the election in May 2014.
Boylan grew up in the Kilnamanagh area of Tallaght. Initially studying journalism and gaining a certificate, she went on to earn post-graduate qualifications from University College Dublin in Environmental Impact Assessment and European Environmental Conservation Management.
In 2005, Boylan moved to County Kerry while working as a coordinator for the Irish Wildlife Trust at Killarney National Park. That same year she joined Sinn Féin.
Under her Irish-language name Lynn Ní Bhaoighealláin, she stood at the 2007 general election as the Sinn Féin candidate in the Kerry South constituency. With only 3.5% of the first-preference votes, she was eliminated on the first count. At the 2009 local elections, she stood for the Killarney electoral area of Kerry County Council, but was again unsuccessful. She attributed her defeats to being an outsider: "As a Dub in Kerry the odds were stacked against me", she told the Irish Times in 2014.
Boylan returned to Dublin in 2011 to work in Ballymun for the Global Action Plan, an environmental initiative funded by Ballymun Regeneration. In 2010, she was appointed as chair of the advisory board of Safefood.
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