Máiría Cahill
| Máiría Cahill | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
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In office November 2015 – April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1981 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Sinn Féin (1998–2001) Republican Network for Unity (early 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Máiría Cahill ([ˈmˠaːɾʲiə]; born 1981) is an Irish politician. In October 2014, she waived anonymity as a complainant in a sexual abuse case to tell of her claims of being abused as a teenager by a Provisional IRA member and allegations of being subjected to an IRA internal investigation which forced her to confront her abuser. The documentary, 'A Woman Alone with the IRA', prompted a review of Public Prosecution Service conduct in three cases related to Cahill's allegations. In October 2015, the Labour Party announced Cahill had joined the party and she would be its candidate for election to Seanad Éireann. Cahill was elected as a Senator in November 2015 on the first count, with 122 first preferences out of 188 valid votes from Oireachtas members.
Cahill was born in 1981 in West Belfast into a prominent republican extended family. Her great-uncle Joe Cahill was one of the founders and chief of staff of the Provisional IRA in the 1970s. She is a cousin of both Siobhán O'Hanlon, a prominent republican activist in the IRA and later in Sinn Féin until her death in 2006, and her sister Eilis O'Hanlon, a political commentator for the Irish Independent and critic of both the IRA and Sinn Féin. Cahill has also claimed her grandfather recruited Gerry Adams into the IRA.
Cahill was elected National Secretary of Ógra Shinn Féin and worked for Sinn Féin between 1998 and 2001.
Cahill was elected National Secretary of the RNU organisation during 2010 but resigned this position and left the organisation.
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