Mary Coughlan (Irish: Máire Ní Chochláinn; born 28 May 1965) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Since May 2008 she has been Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. She has previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and Minister for Social and Family Affairs. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal South West since 1987.
Coughlan was born in Donegal Town in the south of County Donegal in 1965. Her ...
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Mary Coughlan (Irish: Máire Ní Chochláinn; born 28 May 1965) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Since May 2008 she has been Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. She has previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and Minister for Social and Family Affairs. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal South West since 1987.
Coughlan was born in Donegal Town in the south of County Donegal in 1965. Her father was Cathal Coughlan, a former Fianna Fáil TD, who died in June 1986. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Sligo – where she was a boarder from 1978 to 1983 – and at University College Dublin, graduating with a Social Science degree. She worked as a social worker for a brief period before becoming involved in politics.
Mary Coughlan is married to David Charlton. Her husband, David, is a Garda, who lost a leg in a serious car accident a few years after they were married. They were married when Coughlan was aged 26, two years after...
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