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Catherine Murphy was born on 1 September, 1953 in Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish politician, co-founder of the Social Democrats. Discover Catherine Murphy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 1 September, 1953
Birthday 1 September
Birthplace Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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Her husband is Derek Murphy (m. 1977)

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1953

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 2005 to 2007.

1978

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.

1983

Originally becoming involved in politics through campaigns against high local service charges in Leixlip, she joined the Workers' Party in 1983.

1988

She first held political office in 1988, when she was elected to Leixlip Town Commission.

1989

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.

1991

In 1991, she was elected to Kildare County Council for the Celbridge local electoral area.

1992

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.

1998

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.

1999

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.

2003

She resigned from the Labour Party in June 2003, citing what she termed "destructive internal intrigues".

2004

She stood as an independent at the 2004 local elections and was re-elected to both council seats, topping the poll.

Charlie McCreevy, the Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North, resigned from the Dáil in November 2004, when he was appointed as a European Commissioner.

2005

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.

2007

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.

2008

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.

2009

She was re-elected to the council at the 2009 local elections, topping the poll with over 2,000 more votes than the quota.

She was also re-elected to Leixlip Town Council.

Murphy officiated as the group leader for the other independent councillors on Kildare County Council: Paddy Kennedy, Seamie Moore and Pádraig McEvoy.

2011

Murphy regained her Dáil seat following the 2011 general election.

She sat in the Technical group where she was the chief whip.

On 20 September 2011, Murphy confirmed she had signed papers nominating Senator David Norris as a candidate at the 2011 presidential election, she said, "to ensure that [Senator David Norris] can be judged not by fellow politicians but by the people of Ireland."

She was critical of the household charge, describing it as a "fundamentally unfair" one.

2015

She previously served as founding joint Leader of the Social Democrats from 2015 to 2023.

In February 2023, she announced that she would stand down as co-leader of the Social Democrats.

In 2015, billionaire Denis O'Brien successfully applied for an injunction against RTÉ preventing the state broadcaster from airing a report on how O'Brien was receiving, with the direct permission of former CEO of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC)—the former Anglo Irish Bank, a rate of approximately 1.25% when IBRC should have been charging 7.5%.

This in turn led to outstanding sums of upwards of €500 million.

O'Brien then wrote to special liquidator Kieran Wallace to demand that these same favourable terms that were granted him by way of verbal agreement be continued.

The Government of Ireland later appointed Wallace to conduct an investigation into these same dealings.

Wallace then cooperated with IBRC and Denis O'Brien to seek an injunction in Ireland's High Court to hide this information from the public.

High Court Judge Donald Binchy granted O'Brien the injunction and told the court that certain elements of the judgement would have to be redacted.

The Irish media therefore could not report on details of the injunction.

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.