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“T have served for 30 years on at council, and at this point in time I have other things I feel I’d like to do.
I’d like a break from elections at this stage.”
Elections have been part of the west Clare woman’s life since she was a child, as she watched her late father Frank go on the hustings.
He served as a TD until 1981, when she ran in his place.
Prior to that Cllr Taylor Quinn had been elected to the county council.
She now hopes to concentrate on her legal interests and plans to set up a consultancy business, drawing on
her legal and political expertise.
Although she is the youngest mem- ber of the council in the Kilrush Electoral Area, she is also one of the longest serving.
Asked if she will remain involved with Fine Gael she said, “At this stage I couldn’t see why not. I have made a major contribution to the Fine Gael party. I was a member of the Fine Gael party long before I was an elected member. I was one of the founding members of young
Fine Gael. I was the first woman to be elected to an honorary position as honorary secretary back in 1979.
“IT have flown the flag for Fine Gael,” she said.
Her impressive résumé also in- cludes a number of years on the front bench in opposition, work on the Maastricht Treaty and the women’s rights committee, and she chaired the Select Committee on Judicial Yo or bee lelone
In 1982 Taylor Quinn almost left
politics after a series of malicious ru- mours threatened to finish her bud- ding career.
Back fighting she was re-elected in November 1982.
Born in Moyasta, she went to Mo- yasta National School, Convent of Mercy, Kilrush, and University Col- lege Galway.
She was first elected to Clare Coun- ty Council in 1979, and served as a TD from 1981-1982 and 1982-1992. She was a senator from 1992-2002.