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Irish politician (1939–2024)

Mary Banotti
Banotti in 2003

Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 1984 – 24 May 2004
Constituency	Dublin

Personal details
Born	Mary Elizabeth O'Mahony (1939-05-29)29 May 1939 Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Died	10 May 2024(2024-05-10) (aged 84) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Fabio Bannotti (m. 1967; div. 1987)
Children	1
Relatives	Nora Owen (sister) Michael Collins (grand-uncle)
Education	Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf
Alma mater	Dublin City University
Board member of	International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC); Vice Chair

Mary Elizabeth Banotti (née O'Mahony; 29 May 1939 – 10 May 2024) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1984 to 2004.

Early life and education

Banotti was born in Malahide, Dublin, in 1939 to Jim and Kitty O'Mahony. She was a sister of the former Minister Nora Owen and her mother was a niece of the Irish political leader Michael Collins. Living on Seafield Road, Clontarf, she attended a private primary school run by the Misses Walsh, and then the local Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf.

Career

Following her education she worked as a nurse in North America, Europe and Africa, before joining Irish Distillers as an occupational health nurse and Industrial Welfare Officer in 1972.

Banotti was divorced for many years from her Italian husband.

Between 1980 and 1984, she presented a weekly programme on social welfare rights and information on RTÉ television. Banotti unsuccessfully contested the 1983 Seanad election and the Dublin Central by-election the same year.

Politics

In 1984, she was elected to the European Parliament, representing the Dublin constituency. She retained her seat until her retirement at the 2004 European elections. She was Fine Gael's candidate in the 1997 presidential election, coming second to Fianna Fáil's Mary McAleese. In 1999, she also was the UNFPA's Goodwill Ambassador on reproductive health.

Philanthropy

Banotti was a member and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), a global nonprofit organization that combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction.

Banotti served as Honorary President of Health First Europe, and a member of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems' board.

Banotti died on 10 May 2024, at the age of 84. She was survived by her daughter, Tania.

References

"Single mother with a liberal agenda". Irish Times. 14 October 1997. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
"Clontarf was a bucolic place to go to school, Mary Banotti recalls - and her days there are etched in her mind". Irish Times. 6 September 1997. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Board". IFES. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
"Dublin Central by-election, November 1983". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
"Mary Banotti". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
"ICMEC Board Members". icmec.org. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
"The President of the European Parliament - Press Releases". europa.eu. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
"College scoops award". Independent.ie. 29 April 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
Meskill, Tommy (11 May 2024). "Former MEP Mary Banotti dies aged 84". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

External links

Personal profile of Mary Banotti in the European Parliament's database of members

v t e « 1979–1984 « MEPs for Ireland (1984–1989) » 1989–1994 »
Connacht–Ulster	Seán Flanagan (FF / EDA) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP) Ray MacSharry (FF / EDA)
Dublin	Niall Andrews (FF / EDA) Mary Banotti (FG / EPP) Eileen Lemass (FF / EDA) Richie Ryan (FG / EPP)
Leinster	Mark Clinton (FG / EPP) Jim Fitzsimons (FF / EDA) Patrick Lalor (FF / EDA)
Munster	Sylvester Barrett (FF / EDA) Gene Fitzgerald (FF / EDA) T. J. Maher (IND / LDR) Tom O'Donnell (FG / EPP) Tom Raftery (FG / EPP)
Substituted by Mark Killilea (FF / EDA) on 23 March 1987 Substituted by Chris O'Malley (FG / EPP) on 3 June 1986

v t e « 1984–1989 « MEPs for Ireland (1989–1994) » 1994–1999 »
Connacht–Ulster	Neil Blaney (IFF / RBW) Mark Killilea (FF / EDA) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP)
Dublin	Niall Andrews (FF / EDA) Mary Banotti (FG / EPP) Proinsias De Rossa (WP / EUL) Barry Desmond (LAB / PES)
Leinster	Patrick Cooney (FG / EPP) Jim Fitzsimons (FF / EDA) Patrick Lalor (FF / EDA)
Munster	Pat Cox (PD / LDR) John Cushnahan (FG / EPP) Gene Fitzgerald (FF / EDA) Paddy Lane (FF / EDA) T. J. Maher (IND / LDR)
Substituted by Des Geraghty (DL / EUL) on 18 February 1992

v t e « 1989–1994 « MEPs for Ireland (1994–1999) » 1999–2004 »
Connacht–Ulster	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (FF / UFE) Mark Killilea (FF / UFE) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP)
Dublin	Niall Andrews (FF / UFE) Mary Banotti (FG / EPP) Bernie Malone (LAB / PES) Patricia McKenna (GP / G)
Leinster	Nuala Ahern (GP / G) Jim Fitzsimons (FF / UFE) Alan Gillis (FG / EPP) Liam Hyland (FF / UFE)
Munster	Gerry Collins (FF / UFE) Pat Cox (IND / ELDR) Brian Crowley (FF / UFE) John Cushnahan (FG / EPP)

v t e « 1994–1999 « MEPs for Ireland (1999–2004) » 2004–2009 »
Connacht–Ulster	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (FF / UEN) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP-ED) Dana Rosemary Scallon (IND / EPP-ED)
Dublin	Niall Andrews (FF / UEN) Mary Banotti (FG / EPP-ED) Proinsias De Rossa (LAB / PES) Patricia McKenna (GP / Greens–EFA)
Leinster	Nuala Ahern (GP / Greens–EFA) Avril Doyle (FG / EPP-ED) Jim Fitzsimons (FF / UEN) Liam Hyland (FF / UEN)
Munster	Gerry Collins (FF / UEN) Pat Cox (IND / ELDR) Brian Crowley (FF / UEN) John Cushnahan (FG / EPP-ED)
Substituted by Seán Ó Neachtain (FF / UEN) on 2 July 2002

Fine Gael

History

Leadership

Leaders	Eoin O'Duffy W. T. Cosgrave Richard Mulcahy James Dillon Liam Cosgrave Garret FitzGerald Alan Dukes John Bruton Michael Noonan Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar Simon Harris
Deputy leaders	Peter Barry John Bruton Peter Barry Nora Owen Jim Mitchell Richard Bruton James Reilly Simon Coveney Heather Humphreys Helen McEntee
Seanad leaders	Michael O'Higgins Patrick Cooney Gemma Hussey James Dooge Maurice Manning Brian Hayes Michael Finucane (acting) Frances Fitzgerald Maurice Cummins Jerry Buttimer Regina Doherty Seán Kyne
Chairpersons	Kieran Crotty Donal Creed Tom Enright Michael Lowry Jim Higgins Phil Hogan Pádraic McCormack Tom Hayes Charles Flanagan Dan Neville Martin Heydon Richard Bruton Alan Dillon Alan Farrell
Leadership elections	1987 (Dukes) 1990 (Bruton) 2001 (Noonan) 2002 (Kenny) 2017 (Varadkar) 2024 (Harris)

Party structures

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates	Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011)
Unopposed presidential candidates with Fine Gael support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	William Aird Grace Boland Brian Brennan Colm Brophy Colm Burke Peter Burke Paula Butterly Jerry Buttimer Catherine Callaghan Micheál Carrigy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill John Clendennen Joe Cooney John Cummins Emer Currie Alan Dillon Paschal Donohoe Frank Feighan James Geoghegan Simon Harris Martin Heydon Emer Higgins Keira Keogh David Maxwell Noel McCarthy Helen McEntee Michael Murphy Hildegarde Naughton Joe Neville Maeve O'Connell Kieran O'Donnell Patrick O'Donovan Naoise Ó Muirí John Paul O'Shea Neale Richmond Peter Roche Edward Timmins Barry Ward
Seanad Éireann	Garret Ahearn Nikki Bradley Paddy Burke Maria Byrne Martin Conway Aisling Dolan Alan Farrell Seán Kyne Tim Lombard John McGahon Joe O'Reilly Mary Seery Kearney
European Parliament	Nina Carberry Regina Doherty Seán Kelly Maria Walsh

Alliances

European	European People's Party EPP Group
International	Centrist Democrat International

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