October 9th 2011
First elected to public office in 1999, Cllr. Kathleen Kelleher TC is currently serving her third term as a Greystones Town Councillor, having also served a term as a Wicklow County Councillor, 2004 to 2009.
Living in Greystones since 1973, Cllr. Kelleher has helped Greystones to grow and develop to be one of the best places in which to live, not only in Ireland, but in the whole world.
Cllr. Kelleher has an unsurpassed record of community involvement in a wide variety of Greystones organizations, as well as an active role as a public representative. She brings to her profile a wealth of experience and energy combined with a reputation for working well with people and, most importantly, getting things done.
She is committed both to the people she serves and to the town of Greystones.
Posted in General, Greystones, Greystones Town Council, National Politics, Wicklow, Wicklow County Council
July 21st 2011
I absolutely deplore the comments made in the dialogue between Deputies Flanagan and Wallace, with Deputy Shane Ross being part of the conversational group, in Dail Eireann last Tuesday.
Women are in the minority in public life. It is not going to make it easier for them to engage publicl if they have to face such adverse and disparaging comments.
At the same time, I would like to put on record that, in all my time as a Greystones Town Councillor since 1999, and in my time as a Wicklow County Councillor, 2004 to 2009, very often being the only female member of a council or committee, I always received the utmost courtesy and help and encouragement from fellow male members.
Thankfully, the rudeness that we saw in Dail Eireann does not apply locally.
Posted in National Politics
