PERSON: Eileen Flynn
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Irish Senate
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Senator
Biography
Eileen Flynn (born 1989/1990) is an Irish independent politician who has served as a senator since June 2020. She was elected for the Administrative Panel in 2025, having previously being nominated by the Taoiseach in 2020.
Her background is in community development and activism on behalf of Irish Travellers. In June 2020, Taoiseach Micheál Martin appointed Flynn to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate. She is the first female Traveller to serve in the Oireachtas.
Eileen and her twin sister Sally were born into a family of nine children in Labre Park, a halting site located in Ballyfermot in Dublin. Flynn’s mother died of pneumonia at the age of 48, when Eileen and Sally were 10 years old. Flynn subsequently struggled in school and rebelled against authority. However, Flynn credits her teachers for not giving up on her, and despite her problems both she and her twin became the first members of the Labre Park community to reach third level education in 2008. Her primary and secondary school education came at Linn Dara in Cherry Orchard Ballyfermot. Flynn studied at Trinity College Dublin as part of an access course before attending Ballyfermot College of Further Education and later earning a degree at Maynooth University, a BA in community development.
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Her background is in community development and activism on behalf of Irish Travellers. In June 2020, Taoiseach Micheál Martin appointed Flynn to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate. She is the first female Traveller to serve in the Oireachtas.
Eileen and her twin sister Sally were born into a family of nine children in Labre Park, a halting site located in Ballyfermot in Dublin. Flynn’s mother died of pneumonia at the age of 48, when Eileen and Sally were 10 years old. Flynn subsequently struggled in school and rebelled against authority. However, Flynn credits her teachers for not giving up on her, and despite her problems both she and her twin became the first members of the Labre Park community to reach third level education in 2008. Her primary and secondary school education came at Linn Dara in Cherry Orchard Ballyfermot. Flynn studied at Trinity College Dublin as part of an access course before attending Ballyfermot College of Further Education and later earning a degree at Maynooth University, a BA in community development.
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