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Imelda Munster

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Imelda Munster
Munster in 2018
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
ConstituencyLouth
Personal details
Born (1968-02-24) 24 February 1968 (age 56)
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

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

References

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  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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