Cáit Keane

Cáit Keane
Senator
In office
25 May 2011 – 8 June 2016
ConstituencyLabour Panel
South Dublin County Councillor
In office
2004–2011
ConstituencyTerenure-Rathfarnham
In office
1991–2004
ConstituencyTerenure
Personal details
Born (1949-09-24) 24 September 1949 (age 75)
Galway, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael (since 2008)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Democrats

Cáit Keane (born 24 September 1949) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.[1][2]

Keane first entered politics as a member of the Progressive Democrats (PDs), and was elected to represent Terenure on Dublin County Council at the 1991 local elections.[3] On three occasions she contested the Dáil constituency of Dublin South-Central for the PDs: at the 1992 general election, a by-election in 1994 and the 1997 general election.[3] She was elected to South Dublin County Council for the electoral area of Terenure-Rathfarnham in 1999 and 2004.[3]

Following the dissolution of the Progressive Democrats, Keane joined Fine Gael in October 2008.[3] She held her council seat for Fine Gael at the 2009 local elections.[3]

At the 2011 general election she contested Dublin South-West, but failed to be elected.[3] In April 2011 she was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel.[4]

She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on environment and local government.[citation needed]

She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election.[3]

In August 2020, she attended a golf party in County Galway which breached the COVID-19 guidelines.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Cáit Keane". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  2. ^ Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 207. ISBN 9780717150595.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Cait Keane". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Counting continues in Seanad election". RTÉ News. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. ^ Moore, Aoife (21 August 2020). "#Golfgate: Invite to Oireachtas event didn't mention pandemic". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.