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A candidate for Social Democrats. View party
ELECTED
Roisin Shortall
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD and joint leader of the Social Democrats
Age
65
Biography

Shortall was first elected to the Dáil in 1992 as a Labour Party TD. She has been re-elected at every general election since. She was an Independent TD from 2012 to 2015 until she launched the Social Democrats party with two other TDs. She is a former Minister of State for Health. Prior to her career in politics, she was a primary school teacher and she has a degree in economics and politics.

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