Robbie Gallagher

Senator Robbie Gallagher


Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2016
Constituency	Labour Panel

Personal details
Born	Robert Michael Gallagher (1968-02-19) 19 February 1968 Termon, County Donegal, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Karen Gallagher (m. 1998)
Children	2
Alma mater	Garda Síochána College Cork Institute of Technology
Website	senatorrobbiegallagher.org

Robbie Gallagher (born 19 February 1968) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016.^[1]

A former Garda and estate agent, he is from Termon and was a member of Monaghan County Council from 2004 to 2016.^[2]^[3]

He is the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Education. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Cavan–Monaghan at the 2002 and 2020 general elections. He was re-elected to the Seanad in 2020.

References

↑ "Robbie Gallagher". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
↑ "Robbie Gallagher". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
↑ Mooney, Rory (28 April 2016). "Donegal man elected to Seanad". Donegal Now.

External links

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Labour Panel	Jerry Buttimer (FG) Shane Cassells (FF) Pat Casey (FF) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) John Cummins (FG) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Paul Gavan (SF) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Pauline O'Reilly (GP) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) Marie Sherlock (Lab)
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Elected or appointed later	2021 Maria Byrne (FG) Gerry Horkan (FF) 2022 Tom Clonan (Ind)
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Fianna Fáil

History

Leadership

Leaders	De Valera Lemass Lynch Haughey Reynolds Ahern Cowen Martin
Deputy leaders	J. Brennan Colley MacSharry Lenihan Snr Wilson Ahern Rourke Cowen Coughlan Hanafin Lenihan Jnr Ó Cuív Calleary
Seanad leaders	Ryan Snr Lanigan Fallon Wright Cassidy O'Rourke O'Brien Ardagh
Secretaries-General	S. Brennan Wall P. Farrell Dorgan
Leadership elections	1959 (Lemass) 1966 (Lynch) 1979 (Haughey) 1992 (Reynolds) 1994 (Ahern) 2008 (Cowen) 2011 (Martin)

Party structures

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates (winners in bold)	Seán T. O'Kelly (1945) Éamon de Valera (1959, 1966) Erskine H. Childers (1973) Brian Lenihan Snr (1990) Mary McAleese (1997)
Unopposed presidential candidates with Fianna Fáil support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Seán T. O'Kelly (1952) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974) Patrick Hillery (1976, 1983) Mary McAleese (2004)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	James Browne Mary Butler Thomas Byrne Jackie Cahill Dara Calleary Jack Chambers Niall Collins Barry Cowen Cathal Crowe Stephen Donnelly Cormac Devlin Joe Flaherty Seán Fleming Norma Foley Seán Haughey John Lahart James Lawless Micheál Martin Paul McAuliffe Charlie McConalogue Michael McGrath John McGuinness Aindrias Moynihan Michael Moynihan Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Darragh O'Brien Jim O'Callaghan James O'Connor Éamon Ó Cuív Willie O'Dea Christopher O'Sullivan Pádraig O'Sullivan Anne Rabbitte Brendan Smith Niamh Smyth Robert Troy
Seanad Éireann	Catherine Ardagh Niall Blaney Malcolm Byrne Pat Casey Shane Cassells Lisa Chambers Lorraine Clifford-Lee Ollie Crowe Mark Daly Paul Daly Aidan Davitt Timmy Dooley Mary Fitzpatrick Robbie Gallagher Gerry Horkan Eugene Murphy Erin McGreehan Denis O'Donovan Fiona O'Loughlin Ned O'Sullivan Diarmuid Wilson
European Parliament	Barry Andrews Billy Kelleher

Alliances

European	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Renew Europe
International	Liberal International (observer)

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