About Mary White TD
Mary White TD
Green Party Deputy Leader
Portfolio areas:
Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Message from Mary White
Thank you for visiting my website, which I hope is a useful guide for you to see what I have been working on for Carlow/Kilkenny, and also what the Green Party and I have been delivering on in Government. Ireland finds itself in the middle of very challenging times at present but the Green Party and I are working hard to provide solutions and reforms that can move this country forward in a fair and sustainable way - long-term planning, innovative ideas and real results for ordinary people and communities.
Please keep in touch and I am always happy to help you with any matter, big or small. I hope you had a nice Christmas and I wish you all the very best for 2010.
Thanks for all the support!
Mary
Successes to date
- Castlecomer Case heard in Brussels
- New library for Borris
- New water sewage treatment plants for Freshford, Johnstown and Goresbridge
- George Bernard Shaw summer school being planned for Carlow in 2010
- Highlighted planning concerns in the constituency
- Kick-started the campaign to support older drivers with reform of testing for licenses
- Putting green energy onto the agenda in Carlow/Kilkenny
Political history:
March 2001 - Elected Green Party Deputy Leader
Local elections, June 1999 topped the poll in Borris three-seater for Carlow County Council October 2001 Appointed Deputy Leader of the Green Party.
2002 General Election, Candidate for the Carlow/Kilkenny constituency. Received 4961 First Preference Votes, 8% of poll. (Canvassingfor this seat Mary walked over 3,000 miles the equivalent of walking to Berlin and back!)
Ran for Seanad in 2002 but narrowly missed out on gaining a seat.
General Election 2007 - elected to Dáil Eireann
July 2007 - Reappointed, unopposed, Green Party Deputy Leader
Personal history:
Born in Co. Wicklow, Mary White has lived in Borris, Co. Carlow for over twenty years.
Married to Robert, they have one daughter, Dorothy-Ellen.
Educated at the Ursuline Convent, Waterford and Trinity College Dublin.
Founder member of the English Society at Trinity College and was awarded a “Pink” at University for sporting excellence.
Mary is an organic grower and a keen hillwalker.
Mary has written a Walkguide to the Blackstairs with Joss Lynam, and “Environment Mining and Politics” - an account of an anti-mining campaign which acts as a bible for DIY environmental campaigners.
