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FIANNA FÁIL HAVE selected former RTÉ presenter Cynthia Ní Mhurchú as a candidate in the Ireland South constituency in the upcoming European Parliamentary elections.
She will stand alongside sitting Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher in contesting the five-seat constituency in June this year.
A former schoolteacher, Ní Mhurchú has worked as a journalist radio presenter and is currently a barrister. The Carlow native is perhaps best known for co-hosting the 1994 ‘Riverdance’ Eurovision Song Contest with Gerry Ryan in Dublin.
Ní Mhurchú described her selection as a “great honour” in a statement today.
“I have reached a stage in my professional life where I believe my extensive experience, broad skillset and personal qualities would be an asset to the European Parliament,” she said.
“I have a proven track record in education, media & communications and law and am deeply committed to the Irish Language, culture and arts.”
She said that if elected, she intends to focus on increased regional development, “along with fighting for a just transition for Ireland, as we strive to reach our carbon targets in the years ahead”.
“I also have a particular interest in both Family Law and internet safety for all, but especially for our young people,” she added.
Fianna Fáil’s director of elections, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, said Ní Mhurchú was “an excellent addition to the Ireland South ticket”.
“Cynthia is a very accomplished candidate, who brings a wealth of experience to the campaign,” he said, adding that she “would make a great MEP for the region”.
Her fellow Fianna Fáil candidate Billy Kelleher said: “Cynthia is an incredibly intelligent and articulate person who I know shares the same vision as I do: keeping Ireland at the Heart of Europe.”
“I believe Cynthia and I will make a very strong team for Fianna Fáil,” he said.
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You’re late sharing this clip – it’s been doing the rounds for a while – but it is rather wonderful!
Re the definitions of “sexism” & “misogyny,” I think she is absolutely right to keep the focus on behaviour rather than intention.
No one can know another’s intentions or subjective feelings, but words and actions are clearly visible & verifiable & therefore subject to fair judgment.
It is usually the ugly women that complain about sexism. You would not hear this sort of nonsense from Cheryl Cole or Rihanna – two stunners.
What modelling agency employs you Patrick?
He also called her a witch and a man’s bitch. Don’t get so offended on behalf of men while making another sexist side swipe at women. Sometimes it’s sexism.
I dunno, saw the pictures of rihanna a while ago, she looks bet down , must have been why crhis brown dumpe her
Ok Stephen we can ditch Rihanna as well and use Alessandra Ambrosio instead. Now I hope everybody is happy.
Plenty of overt sexists on the journal, i see
On that point Patrick why are all misogynistic men usually unattractive, bald and sexually frustrated?
sexist – Australian in the same sentence,im shocked and appalled,now tell that Sheila to put some more shrimps on the Barbie
Patrick’s a trolling misogynist, with the mental age of seventeen-year-old. Ignore him.
Correct.
Don’t feed the troll.
Oh dear where is all this going? Could ‘dear’ be termed sexist? It might not have been when I started the sentence but it might be now, or now, or now, or now.
Referring to a female colleague as ‘dear’ can be construed as sexist as well as patronising and overly familiar.
Mad, crazy idea – call the person by their name! Or just say “hello”, don’t add in the dears, birds, dahlings, loves, chicks, stags, foxes, badgers, leave the wildlife references at the door!
Patrick are you skeptical that sexism exists? i refer also to your comment below. If you are, you demonstrate either a worrying lack of ability to disseminate media output and general societal patterns, not to mention contact with articulate, self-aware women- or an equally worrying ignorance that these things exist.
Next time a female friend calls me “hon” I shall stand up to her for her blatant sexism!
I just can’t stand women who accuse us men of misogyny…
She looks a bit like and definitely sounds like an Aussie version of Clare Daly.
Ditch the witch!!
Sure she cant even put one foot in front of the other without falling over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUUt2QpacU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It looks as if she was trying to walk like a man. Those guys should have linked her to prevent her falling. It is well known that men are better walkers than women. We are built to hunt and protect. Women are built to feed and tend. Nature takes care of its own.
It’s an old tradition to make fun of MS Gillard’s English. They also say she mispronounces the word Negotiate…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zF8m7ys24
shoot the messenger if you dont agree with the misoginist..oops mysogenist…or messagenist.
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