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Liadh Ní Riada
Liadh Ní Riada (pronounced [ˈl̠ʲiə n̠ʲiː ˈɾˠiəd̪ˠə]; born 28 November 1966) is an Irish cultural activist and former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2014 to 2019. She was the Sinn Féin candidate in the 2018 presidential election. As of December 2024[update], Ní Riada is director of a cultural centre in Ballyvourney, County Cork.
She left Sinn Féin some time after her unsuccessful presidential election campaign and became an independent. She unsuccessfully contested the 2025 Seanad election as an independent candidate.
Ní Riada is a former television producer and director and she served on the board tasked with setting up TG4, the Irish-language television channel. She has directed and produced several documentaries, and ran her own production company for several years. Ní Riada has described herself as passionate about heritage and culture, and she has been a vocal advocate for Irish language rights.
In July 2020, Comharchumann Forbartha Mhúscraí, a Ballingeary-based community development co-operative for the Muskerry Gaeltacht, appointed Ní Riada as language planning officer, to encourage use of Irish in the area. In December 2020 she was nominated by Sinn Féin to the board of Foras na Gaeilge. In February 2022 she became director of Ionad Cultúrtha an Dochtúir Ó Loingsigh, a cultural centre in Ballyvourney.
Ní Riada's involvement in politics began in 2011 when she joined Sinn Féin as the party's national Irish language officer, having been inspired by her first husband Fiachra to get involved in politics. Three years later, in 2014, Ní Riada was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for the South constituency for the 2014 European Parliament elections.
Ní Riada ran her 2014 campaign for the European Parliament on an anti-austerity message, calling for job creation and an end to forced emigration from Ireland. During the campaign, she also raised awareness of the increase in child poverty in Ireland, and the need for rural regeneration. She secured 125,309 first preference votes, the second highest of all MEPs in Ireland, and was elected on the fourth count with 132,590 votes.
As an MEP, Ní Riada sat on three Committees of the European Parliament: Budgets, Culture and Education, and Fisheries.
She was a coordinator for the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group on the Budgets Committee.
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Liadh Ní Riada
Liadh Ní Riada (pronounced [ˈl̠ʲiə n̠ʲiː ˈɾˠiəd̪ˠə]; born 28 November 1966) is an Irish cultural activist and former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2014 to 2019. She was the Sinn Féin candidate in the 2018 presidential election. As of December 2024[update], Ní Riada is director of a cultural centre in Ballyvourney, County Cork.
She left Sinn Féin some time after her unsuccessful presidential election campaign and became an independent. She unsuccessfully contested the 2025 Seanad election as an independent candidate.
Ní Riada is a former television producer and director and she served on the board tasked with setting up TG4, the Irish-language television channel. She has directed and produced several documentaries, and ran her own production company for several years. Ní Riada has described herself as passionate about heritage and culture, and she has been a vocal advocate for Irish language rights.
In July 2020, Comharchumann Forbartha Mhúscraí, a Ballingeary-based community development co-operative for the Muskerry Gaeltacht, appointed Ní Riada as language planning officer, to encourage use of Irish in the area. In December 2020 she was nominated by Sinn Féin to the board of Foras na Gaeilge. In February 2022 she became director of Ionad Cultúrtha an Dochtúir Ó Loingsigh, a cultural centre in Ballyvourney.
Ní Riada's involvement in politics began in 2011 when she joined Sinn Féin as the party's national Irish language officer, having been inspired by her first husband Fiachra to get involved in politics. Three years later, in 2014, Ní Riada was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for the South constituency for the 2014 European Parliament elections.
Ní Riada ran her 2014 campaign for the European Parliament on an anti-austerity message, calling for job creation and an end to forced emigration from Ireland. During the campaign, she also raised awareness of the increase in child poverty in Ireland, and the need for rural regeneration. She secured 125,309 first preference votes, the second highest of all MEPs in Ireland, and was elected on the fourth count with 132,590 votes.
As an MEP, Ní Riada sat on three Committees of the European Parliament: Budgets, Culture and Education, and Fisheries.
She was a coordinator for the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group on the Budgets Committee.
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