Aisling Dolan
Aisling Dolan | |
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| File:Aisling Dolan.jpg | |
| Senator | |
| In office 29 June 2020 – 31 January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975/1976 (age 50–51) Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Education | Ardscoil Mhuire |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway[1] |
| Website | Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 94: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Aisling Dolan (born 1975/1976)[2] is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from June 2020 to January 2025, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[3][4]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Dolan was elected to Galway County Council as an independent candidate at the 2019 local elections.[5] She joined Fine Gael in November 2019.[6]
Dolan was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate in the 2020 general election for the Roscommon–Galway constituency.[2] She was appointed to Seanad Éireann in June 2020.[4][2] Evelyn Francis Parsons was co-opted to Dolan's seat on Galway County Council following her nomination to the Seanad.
Dolan was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate in the 2024 general election for Roscommon–Galway.[7] She was not elected at the 2025 Seanad election.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in Pollboy, Ballinasloe, Dolan attended Ardscoil Mhuire and NUI Galway and received a postgraduate diploma in Applied Languages for Business.[1] Dolan worked in Dublin for Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, supporting Irish businesses and funding excellence in research.[6]
References
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External links
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- Aisling Dolan's page on the Fine Gael website
- Living people
- 1970s births
- Members of the 26th Seanad
- 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann
- Members of Galway County Council
- Fine Gael senators
- Nominated members of Seanad Éireann
- People from Ballinasloe
- Fine Gael candidates in Dáil elections
- Independent local councillors in the Republic of Ireland
- Fine Gael local councillors
- Alumni of the University of Galway