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Place of Birth: Clontarf, Leinster, Ireland
About Fionnuala Kenny
- Fionnuala Bríd Kenny (née O'Kelly; born 1 March 1956) is an Irish public relations specialist who is the wife of former Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
- She is a former press officer for the Fianna Fáil Party.In March 1987, Kenny became the first woman to head the Irish Government Information Service, a position she held until 1990.
- She then served as the head of public affairs at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), beginning in 1990.
- She has been described by the media as Kenny's "best asset" and his "secret weapon."Kenny, the daughter of two civil servants, was born Fionnuala O'Kelly in 1956, in Clontarf, Dublin.
- She was educated at St Louis College (St Louis Secondary School) in County Monaghan.
- She then studied French and German, at University College Dublin.
- O'Kelly received her master's degree in French from Nancy-Université in Nancy, France.Once she returned to Ireland, she enrolled in a public relations course which was offered by AnCo, an agency which later became part of the present-day Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS).
- O'Kelly applied for a public relations position, which was advertised in a newspaper for a "national organisation." She only discovered that the organisation mentioned in the employment ad was Fianna Fáil, one of Ireland's two major political parties, once she had been offered a job interview.
- She won the job, despite an intimidating encounter with Charles Haughey during the interview, and became Fianna Fáil's press officer at Leinster House.
- She worked under Haughey, the Leader of Fianna Fáil and Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981, 1982, and 1987 to 1992, for much of the next decade.
- O'Kelly put together the photographs published in "The Spirit of the Nation: the Speeches and Statements of Charles J Haughey (1957-86)," a book edited by Martin Mansergh.Charles Haughey regained his position as Taoiseach in 1987.
- In March 1987, Fionnuala O'Kelly was appointed the head the Government Information Service, becoming the first women to lead the agency.On the first day of the 31st Dáil on 9 March 2011, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin sent his regards to her in the chamber after her husband was elected Taoiseach.
- Enda Kenny responded, "Were she still with you today, you might be in a much stronger position today."
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