Róisín Garvey
Róisín Garvey | |
|---|---|
Garvey in 2023 | |
| Senator | |
| In office 29 June 2020 – 31 January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Deputy leader of the Green Party | |
| In office 14 July 2024 – 13 October 2025 | |
| Leader | Roderic O'Gorman |
| Preceded by | Catherine Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1973 County Clare, Ireland |
| Party | Green Party (2019–2025) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
Róisín Garvey (born 5 July 1973)[1] is an Irish former Green Party politician who served as a Senator from June 2020 to January 2025, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[2][3] She was elected deputy leader of the Green Party on 14 July 2024. She resigned her position and from the party on 13 October 2025 due to disagreement with the party support of Catherine Connolly in the 2025 Irish presidential election.[4][5][6]
Early life
Garvey grew up in Inagh and attended Coláiste Muire, Ennis and NUI Galway.[7] Her father, Flan Garvey, was a Fianna Fáil member of Clare County Council between 1985 and 2009. Garvey formerly worked for An Taisce.[8]
Political career
She previously served as a member of Clare County Council from 2019 to 2020.[9] In 2020 she was appointed party spokesperson on Rural Development.
Garvey was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate in the 2020 general election for the Clare constituency. A fluent Irish speaker, she represented the Greens on the Irish-language TV debate on TG4 prior to that election.[10] She was elected to the 26th Seanad in June 2020 following a nomination by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin as part of the coalition agreement between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party and was appointed the Green Party's leader in the Seanad in December 2022.[11]
On 24 March 2021, Garvey was one of three Green Party senators to table a motion of no confidence against party chairperson Hazel Chu, after Chu announced her candidacy in a Seanad by-election as an independent.[12] The motion was later withdrawn at the request of then deputy leader Catherine Martin and Chu was not sanctioned for her decision.[13]
In 2022, she opposed plans for an eight wind-turbine farm in County Clare. She said, "There are a lot of people locally who don't want it there because they already have enough of wind-turbines in the area... I have never been out demanding wind farms in my life and I don't intend to start now".[14] An Bord Pleanála subsequently refused planning permission for the wind farm.[15]
On 14 July 2024, Garvey won the Green Party's deputy leadership election to succeed Catherine Martin.[16] She resigned from that position and the party fifteen months later in October 2025, also stepping down as party spokesperson for Rural and Community Development, the Gaeltacht and Gaeilge.[6]
Personal life
She has one son and five siblings.[1]
References
- ^ a b McMahon, Páraic (7 February 2020). "'I'm one of the strongest rural candidates the Greens have had' – Garvey". Clare Echo. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Róisín Garvey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces his 11 Seanad nominees". thejournal.ie. The Journal. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Horgan-Jones, Jack (14 July 2024). "Senator Róisín Garvey elected as Green Party's new deputy leader". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Áras campaign: Former Labour leader Alan Kelly to 'reluctantly' vote for Fine Gael candidate". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b Matthews, Jane (14 October 2025). "Greens shoot off as a former TD and an ex-Senator both leave the party". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ McMahon, Páraic (20 November 2018). "Garvey hoping to follow in her father's footsteps". Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
- ^ Kolås, Robin Munkvold and Line (18 September 2015). ECGBL2015-9th European Conference on Games Based Learning: ECGBL2015. Academic Conferences and publishing limited. ISBN 9781910810583 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ennistymon Electoral Area Elected Members". Clare County Council. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Donegal TD to take part in TG4 election debate". Donegal Live. February 2020.
- ^ "Senator Róisín Garvey to become Green Party Seanad leader | Green Party". www.greenparty.ie.
- ^ McQuinn, Cormac (25 March 2021). "Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Jade. "Hazel Chu role as chair of Green Party executive committee ends". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Green Party Senator objects to wind farm overlooking Wild Atlantic Way". BreakingNews.ie. 18 January 2022.
- ^ "An Bord Pleanála Rejects Planning Permission for Three Major Wind Farm Projects in Ireland". 24 May 2024.
- ^ Hurley, Sandra (14 July 2024). "Garvey sees off Hourigan to become Green deputy leader". RTÉ News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.