Jennifer Whitmore
Profile
Jennifer Whitmore is an Irish politician and environmentalist who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency since 2020. A founding member of the Social Democrats, she previously represented the Greystones local electoral area on the Wicklow County Council starting in 2014. Her professional background includes work in ecology and environmentalism, including a tenure with the Government of New South Wales in Australia. In the Dáil, she has focused on climate policy, notably tabling a Just Transition Bill aimed at managing the economic and social consequences of the climate emergency.
Details
- Born
- June 1974 · 52 years old
- Birth place
- Wexford, Ireland
- Education
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, University of Ulster, University of Sydney
- Career
- Ecologist, environmentalist, government official in New South Wales
