Fidelma Healy Eames

Fidelma Healy Eames is an Irish politician (non-party, previously Fine Gael ).

Fidelma Healy Eames attended Carysfort College in Blackrock and studied at Western Connecticut State University in the United States and the National University of Ireland, Galway . During her studies she received a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and a Ph.D. She has now worked as a primary school teacher, worked as a college lecturer in teacher training and eventually founded her own company FHE Education & Training Providers in Oranmore .

In 2002 she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Dáil Éireann . In the local elections in 2004 Healy Eames was elected to the Galway County Council and belonged to this until 2007, when she moved to the same after her election to the Seanad Éireann . In 2013 she was expelled from Fine Gael after voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act . In 2016 she refused to run again for a seat in the Seanad Eireann.

Healy Eames is married with two children.

Publications

• Hannafin, Sara; Healy Eames, Fidelma: Switching on for Learning: A Student Guide to Exam & Career Success

Web links

• Official website
• Entry on the side of the Oireachtas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ One of Ireland's most colorful senators is retiring from politics , May 16, 2016, www.thejournal.ie
2. ↑ Senator Fidelma Healy Eames announces she is leaving politics , May 16, 2016, The Irish Times
3. ↑ Entry on the Fine Gael website ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.