WCatherine Byrne is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Health Promotion from 2017 to 2020, Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy from 2016 to 2020 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2005 to 2006. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 2007 to 2020.
WKathleen Clarke was a founder member of Cumann na mBan, a women's paramilitary organisation formed in Ireland in 1914, and one of very few privy to the plans of the Easter Rising in 1916. She was the wife of Tom Clarke and sister of Ned Daly, both of whom were executed for their part in the Rising. She was subsequently a Teachta Dála and Senator with both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and the first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (1939–41).
WDeirdre Clune is an Irish politician who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party.
WFrances Condell was the first woman Mayor of Limerick city. She was first elected in 1963 and was the only woman to serve two terms in the city.
WSandra McLellan is a former Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency from 2011 to 2016.
WJan O'Sullivan is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2014 to 2016 and as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency from 2011 to 2020, and previously from 1998 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency.
WMargaret Tynan was the first woman Mayor of Kilkenny city. She was first elected in 1969 and was elected another seven times after that.