Mary Seery Kearney

Mary Seery Kearney is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from June 2020 to January 2025, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.^[1][2]

Mary Seery Kearney
Senator
In office 29 June 2020 – 30 January 2025
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	Mary Seery
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	David Kearney
Children	1
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin Open University King's Inns
Website	maryseerykearney.ie

Early life

Seery Kearney worked as a barrister, educator and business woman and as chief executive of a housing association.^[3]

Political career

Seery Kearney worked as a Fine Gael parliamentary advisor and wrote a number of submissions on behalf of Fine Gael TDs participating in the Constitutional Convention.^[3]

Seery Kearney served as a member of South Dublin County Council from 2019 to 2020.^[4] She unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Panel at the 2020 Seanad election.^[5][6] She was nominated to the Seanad by Taoiseach Micheál Martin in June 2020.^[7] She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth.

She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin South-Central constituency at the 2024 general election. She unsuccessfully contested the 2025 Seanad election.

Personal life

Seery Kearney lives in Templeogue with her husband David Kearney, and their daughter.

References

1. "Mary Seery Kearney". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
2. "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". TheJournal.ie. 27 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
3. "Mary Seery-Kearney". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
4. "Cllr Mary Seery Kearney". South Dublin County Council. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
5. McCrave, Conor (27 June 2020). "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". TheJournal.ie. Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
6. O'Halloran, Marie (10 March 2020). "FG's Mary Seery Kearney added to ticket to contest Seanad election". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
7. "Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's fresh snub of ex-TD Kate O'Connell for Seanad run". Irish Independent. Dublin. 11 March 2020. ISSN 0021-1222. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

External links

• Mary Seery Kearney's page on the Fine Gael website