People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has announced she will retire from politics at the time of the next general election, having served two terms in the Dáil.
People Before Profit has already announced that Ballyfermot councillor, Hazel de Nortúin has been chosen as Ms Smith’s successor in the constituency, and will contest the next general election on behalf of the party.
Ms Smith can trace her own political lineage back to the leaders of the 1916 rising and has been a trade unionist and leftist politician for the entirety of her career. She has been centrally involved with abortion rights campaign for many decades, and is currently continuing to advocate for a further liberalisation of abortion laws.
She told The Irish Times women’s podcast that she had an abortion in the 1980s at the age of 27 and was supported by family and friends. One of five People Before Profit TDs in the Dáil, her seat was considered somewhat vulnerable to Sinn Féin. It would have won at least two seats in the five-seat constituency in 2020 had it run more than a single candidate.
Ms Smith has been a very effective performer in the Dáil and in Oireachtas committees and, like her three People Before Profit colleagues, she has been a constant presence and voice at rallies and campaigns, and left-wing events.
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