Hazel De Nortúin
{{Short description|Irish politician}}
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| nationality = Irish
| party = People Before Profit
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Hazel De Nortúin is an Irish politician who has served on Dublin City Council since 2016. She is a member of People Before Profit.
Early life
De Nortúin is from Cherry Orchard.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Socialists in the Council: Interview with Hazel de Nortúin |url=https://www.rebelnews.ie/2024/02/09/socialists-in-the-council-interview-with-hazel-de-nortuin/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=REBEL |language=en-GB}} She attended Gaelscoil Inse Chór, an Irish language medium primary school in Islandbridge, and studied engineering at university.{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Fiachra |date=2023-02-28 |title=In Ballyfermot, a Woman Takes a Chance on Opening a Cafe |url=https://dublininquirer.com/2021/07/07/in-ballyfermot-a-woman-takes-a-chance-on-opening-a-cafe/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Dublin Inquirer |language=en-US}}
A fluent Irish speaker, De Nortúin is an advocate for Irish-language education and became involved in politics when she sought to address the lack of local Irish-language schooling options after her child was unable to attend the gaelscoil De Nortúin had herself attended.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=22 August 2024 |title=Young Blood: Hazel De Nortúin |url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/young-blood-hazel-de-nortuin/ |work=The Phoenix |location= |access-date=23 November 2024 |url-access=subscription}} This led to her co-founding Teanga Beo Naíonra, a non-for-profit Irish-language crèche in the area, with help from Bríd Smith. De Nortúin later opened an Irish-language café in Ballyfermot.
Political career
De Nortúin was co-opted to Dublin City Council in 2016 to represent the local electoral area of Ballyfermot–Drimnagh in place of party colleague Bríd Smith, who was elected to the Dáil.{{Cite web |date= 4 April 2016|title=Minutes of Dublin City Council Monthly Council Meeting April 4th 2016 |url=https://councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=142&MeetingId=325}}
In her first election, De Nortúin retained her seat, placing second, at the 2019 Irish local elections and did so again at the 2024 Irish local elections.{{Cite web |url=https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2019L&cons=1976 |title=Ballyfermot Drimnagh 2019 election results |last= |first= |date= |website=ElectionsIreland |publisher= |access-date=23 November 2023 |quote=}}
De Nortúin has advocated for greater maternity provision for councillors after having a child while serving on the council.{{Cite news |title=Female councillors rail against absence of paid maternity leave |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/female-councillors-rail-against-absence-of-paid-maternity-leave-1.3082921 |access-date=2024-11-19 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
In 2023, she made a criminal complaint against Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over his donation statements.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-22 |title=Varadkar criminal complaint referred to senior gardaí |url=https://www.ontheditch.com/gardai-varadkar-complaint/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=The Ditch |language=en}} A criminal case was not progressed by the Garda Síochána.{{Cite news |title=Complaint about donations to Leo Varadkar does not need criminal investigation, gardaí say |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/05/complaint-about-donations-to-leo-varadkar-does-not-need-criminal-investigation-gardai-say/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
In 2024, De Nortúin was selected by People Before Profit to contest Dublin South-Central at the general election after Bríd Smith chose not to run again.{{Cite web |last=Finn |first=Christina |date=2023-07-10 |title=People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith announces she will not be seeking re-election |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/brid-smith-not-seeking-re-election-6114694-Jul2023/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}} De Nortúin was not elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2024/results/#/dublin-south-central|title=General Election 2024 Results – Dublin South-Central|work=RTÉ News|date=December 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}
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Category:Members of Dublin City Council