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Introduction
Catherine Martin is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media since June 2020 and Deputy Leader of the Green Party since June 2011. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016.
Early life
| Name | Catherine Martin |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Height | 1.73m |
| Age | 49 years |
Catherine Martin was born on September 30, 1972 (age 49 years) in Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Ireland. She studied at Maynooth University. She was a teacher of English and Music, and the head of the Green Schools Committee at St. Tiernan’s Community School in Dundrum for 15 years prior to being elected to the Dáil.
Political career
Catherine Martin joined the Green Party in 2007. In 2009, her brother, Vincent, began a hiatus from politics and as a result, Catherine was co-opted to Vincent’s seat on the Monaghan County Council. Catherine in turn vacated the seat upon the death of the Martins’ mother and co-opted it to local green party member Darcy Lonergan.
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Martin was elected as Deputy Leader of the Green Party in 2011 simultaneous to Eamon Ryan becoming a leader. In 2014, she was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council, and was elected to the Dáil following the 2016 general election, after receiving 4,122 first preference votes.
She was the Green Party’s Education Spokesperson. Martin was elected the first chair of The Irish Women’s Parliamentary Caucus in November 2017, an organization she spearheaded the creation of.
In May 2020, following nominations from several councillors, Catherine Martin said that she would give ‘serious consideration’ to running for leadership of the Green Party in the 2020 Green Party leadership election. On 6 June, it was confirmed that she would contest the leadership. Martin received 200 nominations for the contest, four times as many as was needed.
Within the Green Party, Catherine Martin’s candidacy is seen to represent the views of younger, more radical Green Party members who did not wish for the party to enter into a coalition with Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil, in contrast to the leadership of Eamon Ryan which is seen to represent the moderate “old guard” who are open to working with those parties.
Despite this, Catherine Martin was the lead negotiator for the Green Party in the government formation talks with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, and after a deal was reached, Martin endorsed the deal and argued in favour of it. It was noted at the time that Martin’s husband Francis Noel Duffy abstained from the vote on the deal and later spoke out against the deal.
Catherine Martin suggested that this was “part of a healthy debate” within the Green Party over the merits of the deal. Upon entering the government, Martin was appointed as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, succeeding both Josepha Madigan and Shane Ross in different aspects of her portfolio.
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In July 2020, Catherine Martin retained the leadership of the Green Party by narrowly defeating Martin by 994 votes (51.24%) to 946 (48.76%), a winning margin of 48 votes (2.47%), in a postal ballot of party members (turnout was 66.7% of the 2,923 ballots sent out, and there were 10 spoiled votes (0.5%) among the 1,950 ballots returned).
Husband
Catherine Martin is married to Francis Noel Duffy, they had their wedding in 2002. Her husband is also a Green Party TD and they have three children together. Catherine and her husband Francis first met in 1999 during a local election in their native Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, where Catherine’s brother Vincent P. Martin and Francis’ father were both campaigning for office. Her brother Vincent is also a member of the Green Party. In June of 2020, Vincent became a Senator upon the Green Party entering government.
Catherine Martin net worth
How much is Catherine Martin worth? Catherine Martin net worth is estimated at around $4 million. Her main source of income is from her career as a politician. Catherine successful career has earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. She is one of the richest and influential politicians in Ireland.
