Catherine Noone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish politician
Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1976
Place of Birth: Claremorris, Connacht, Ireland
Profession: politician
Nationality: Ireland
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
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About Catherine Noone
- Catherine Anna Noone (born 24 June 1976) is an Irish Fine Gael politician.
- She was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.She was a member of Dublin City Council from 2009 to 2011 for the South East Inner City electoral area when she was elected on the last count over 200 votes short of a quota.Originally from County Mayo, she studied law in National University of Ireland, Galway and is a practising solicitor.She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Arts and Culture.
- In 2015, Noone called for Mixed Martial Arts to be banned in the Republic of Ireland, citing it as a "vile so-called sport" and announced she had sent a letter to the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe asking for his view on the idea.
- This was met with widespread criticism in Ireland.
- During an interview with Ryan Tubridy on the matter, it was revealed Noone she had never once seen an MMA match, was not familiar with how the sport operated, and at points seems to confuse it with professional wrestling, believing the fights to be pre-determined.
- Following the interview Noone made an about-face, admitting she had "jumped the gun" on the issue and later within the same month called for the Irish Sports Council to recognise MMA.Noone stood for the Dáil in the 2016 general election in the four seater Dublin West constituency but was eliminated after the second count with 1,074 first preference votes.
- She was later nominated for the Seanad and was elected on the 26th count.
- After being elected to her second term in Seanad Éireann, she was appointed by the Taoiseach as Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann in July 2016. In 2017, Noone was chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment, which recommended that it be repealed.
- Noone was then one of the primary members of Fine Gael who campaigned for a yes vote in the subsequent referendum of 2018, which ultimately lead to the repeal of the amendment in Ireland.
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