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Irish former politician (born 1956)
Nessa Maria Vereker Childers (born 9 October 1956) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019.[1]
Early life [ edit ]
She is the daughter of the fourth President of Ireland , Erskine H. Childers [2] [3] Rita Childers .[4] Erskine Childers , a leading Irish republican and author of the espionage thriller The Riddle of the Sands Trinity College Dublin and a postgraduate diploma from University College Dublin . During her time at Trinity she served as Registrar of the University Philosophical Society . She previously worked as a psychoanalyst in private practice.[5]
Politics [ edit ]
She is a former County councillor for the Green Party , representing the Blackrock local electoral area on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council . She was elected in 2004 and resigned from her seat in August 2008.[6]
Childers originally joined the Labour Party before the 2004 local elections , but when she failed to get a nomination to run for Dún LaoghaireRathdown County Council, she switched to the Green Party and was elected to represent it as a Councillor.[6]
In September 2008, she resigned from the Green Party to run for the Labour Party in the East constituency at the 2009 European Parliament election .[7] [8]
Between 2009 and 2014, Childers was a member of the European Parliament 's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the delegation for relations with Japan. She was also a substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education .[9]
In November 2011, she refused to support the Irish Government's nominee to the European Court of Auditors , Kevin Cardiff.[10] [11] Irish Bank Guarantee and a recent serious error in the calculation of the Irish public finances.[12]
Childers campaigned unsuccessfully to have former Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and European Commissioner Pádraig Flynn , stripped of his Commission pension after the Mahon Tribunal , which found him to have received corrupt payments. The reason the Commission gave was that the findings "do not represent the verdict of a court after due process".[13]
She resigned from the Parliamentary Labour Party on 5 April 2013, saying "..I no longer want to support a Government that is actually hurting people".[14] Labour Party itself in July 2013.[15] non-attached MEP from 2013 to 2014.
In June 2013, she called upon Minister Phil Hogan to convene a commission to decide on new constituency boundaries. She noted a reduction in European Parliamentary seats allocated to Irish constituencies, which had fallen from 12 to 11 as a consequence of the accession of Croatia to the European Union.[16] eircom poles or Electric Ireland poles. The commission was appointed in July 2013.[17]
In January 2014, Childers announced that she would switch from the East constituency to the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European Parliament election .[18] Midlands–North-West constituency, and the southern part transferred to the South constituency.
Childers was elected for the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European election. On 18 June 2014, she was re-admitted to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D ).[19] 2019 European Parliament elections .[20]
Childers is a member of the Advisory Panel of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 .[21]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "European Constituency Profile - Dublin" . RTÉ.ie Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015 .
^ "Mourners told of 'special woman' Rita Childers" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2020 .
^ "My story" . Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015 .
^ a b "Childers set to seek Labour nomination" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2008 .
^ "Nessa Childers" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010 .
^ "ElectionsIreland.org: 2009 Euro - East First Preference Votes" . Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014 .
^ "Home | MEPs | European Parliament" . Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014 .
^ "The Members of the European Court of Auditors since 1977" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014 .
^ "Pressure not to speak out on Cardiff appointment: Labour MEP Nessa Childers" . RTÉ.ie Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014 .
^ "Find a Debate – Houses of the Oireachtas" . Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2014 .
^ "Nessa Childers calls for Padraig Flynn to lose EU pension" . RTÉ News . 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012 .
^ "MEP Nessa Childers resigns from Parliamentary Labour Party" . RTÉ News Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013 .
^ "Gone: MEP Nessa Childers resigns from Labour" . TheJournal.ie . 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013 .
^ Childers, Nessa (12 June 2013). "Certainty" . Nessa Childers . Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013 .
^ "Constituency Commission Terms of Appointment" (PDF) . Constituency Commission Terms . Constituency Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2013 .
^ "Dublin seat shaping up to be the one to watch in the European elections" . The Irish Times . 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020 .
^ "Nessa Childers MEP formally re-joins the Socialists and Democrats (S&D ) political grouping in the European Parliament" . Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014 .
^ "Childers will not contest the 2019 European Parliament elections" . Nessa Childers MEP . Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019 .
^ "Advisory Panel" . Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019 .
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