Catherine Murphy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Catherine Murphy
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 1, 1953(1953-09-01)
Age	71
Birthplace	Palmerstown
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Catherine Murphy Biography

Catherine Murphy is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 1, 1953 in Palmerstown, Ireland. Catherine Murphy (born 1 September 1953) is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2011 general election, and previously from 2002 to 2007. She has been the joint Leader of the Social Democrats since July 2015.

She opposed Democratic Left’s merger with the Labour Party in 1998, criticising the party as “highly opportunistic”. She also stated that she would refuse to join a merged entity. However, in the 1999 local elections, she was re-elected to Kildare County Council, this time for the Leixlip local electoral area representing the Labour Party, she also won a seat on Leixlip Town Council.

Charlie McCreevy, the Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North, resigned from the Dáil in November 2004, when he was appointed as a European Commissioner. Murphy contested the resulting by-election in March 2005 as an independent candidate, and won the seat. On a low turnout, she polled slightly fewer first-preference votes than Fianna Fáil’s Áine Brady, but was elected on the fifth count. Her by-election campaign had the backing of several other prominent independent TDs such as Tony Gregory and Marian Harkin. Murphy’s campaign was based on such issues as transport, local government, affordable housing and education, and after her victory she promised to be a “thorn in the side” of the government.

At the 2007 general election, she lost her seat to her by-election opponent Áine Brady. Brady was elected on the first count; Murphy held on until the last, when Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan reached the quota by transfers from his eliminated running mate. In July 2008, she regained the council seat she had formerly held before her election as a TD (due to the dual mandate) when the councillor that replaced her, Gerry McDonagh, resigned his seat.

In 1991, she was elected to Kildare County Council for the Celbridge local electoral area. When the Workers’ Party split in 1992, she followed Proinsias De Rossa into the new Democratic Left, and stood unsuccessfully as a Democratic Left candidate in Kildare at the 1992 and 1997 general elections.

Catherine Murphy Net Worth

Catherine Murphy is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Catherine Murphy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Murphy was raised in Palmerstown in Dublin, but moved to Leixlip in County Kildare in 1978. Her husband is Derek Murphy, together they have two children.

Originally becoming involved in politics through campaigns against high local service charges in Leixlip, she joined the Workers’ Party in 1983. She first held political office in 1988, when she was elected to Leixlip Town Commission. She stood unsuccessfully as a Workers’ Party candidate for the Leinster constituency at the 1989 European Parliament election and for the Kildare constituency at the 1989 general election.

She resigned from the Labour Party in June 2003, citing what she termed “destructive internal intrigues”. She stood as an independent at the 2004 local elections and was re-elected to both council seats, topping the poll.

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Murphy attempted to raise the issue in the Dáil on 27 May 2015. Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett ruled her contributions “out of order”. Murphy attempted to raise the matter again the following day, this time with more success. Lawyers acting for O’Brien immediately forced the country’s media to censor its own coverage, with some media outlets confirming they had received warnings from O’Brien’s lawyers. RTÉ reporter Philip Boucher-Hayes tweeted that Drivetime would play Murphy’s speech; in the event, Murphy’s speech was not broadcast and his tweet was later deleted. Tonight with Vincent Browne (with Browne absent and instead moderated by Ger Colleran, editor of INM’s Irish Daily Star) featured Colleran reading a statement from TV3 management asserting that no discussion about Murphy’s comments would be allowed following letters from O’Brien’s lawyers. Foreign commentators covering these events for the international media suggested Irish democracy had been “wiped away at a stroke”.

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Catherine Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Catherine Murphy celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.