Mary Moran (politician)

{{Short description|Irish former politician (born 1960)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 25 May 2011

| term_end = 8 June 2016

| constituency = Nominated by the Taoiseach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland

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| nationality = Irish

| party = Labour Party

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| relatives = {{Ubl|Emer Costello (sister)|Joe Costello (brother-in-Law)}}

| alma_mater = University College Dublin

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Mary Moran ({{nee|Malone}}; born 28 June 1960) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Moran.S.2011-05-25/|title=Mary Moran|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=29 May 2011|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107224918/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Moran.S.2011-05-25|url-status=live}}

Moran is from Dundalk, County Louth. She was educated at St. Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk and University College Dublin.{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.ie/marymoran/biography.html |title=Mary Moran – Biography |work=Labour Party |access-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605202013/http://www.labour.ie/marymoran/biography.html |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}

She unsuccessfully contested the Louth constituency at the 2011 general election. In April 2011, she was a Labour Party candidate for the 2011 Seanad Éireann election on the Administrative Panel but was not elected.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=5613|title=Mary Moran|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=21 May 2011|archive-date=12 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312184442/http://electionsireland.org//candidate.cfm?ID=5613|url-status=live}} In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0520/breaking59.html|title=McAleese appointed to Seanad|work=The Irish Times|date=20 May 2011|first=Elaine|last=Edwards|access-date=21 May 2011|archive-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016175851/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0520/breaking59.html|url-status=live}}

She is a former secondary school teacher. Her sister is former MEP Emer Costello.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/comment-analysis/nicola-anderson-half-the-room-went-wild-but-the-other-half-stood-in-stony-silence-2559050.html|title=Half the room went wild|work=Irish Independent|date=28 February 2011|access-date=6 June 2011|first=Nicola|last=Anderson|archive-date=3 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303050537/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/comment-analysis/nicola-anderson-half-the-room-went-wild-but-the-other-half-stood-in-stony-silence-2559050.html|url-status=live}}

She was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Education, Disability, Equality and Mental Health.{{fact|date=February 2022}}