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Nessa Childers is an Irish Independent politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency since 2009. She was born on 9 October 1956 in Castleknock, Ireland.
Childers was educated at the University College Dublin, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in European Studies from the University of Limerick.
Childers has held a number of positions in the European Parliament, including as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States.
Childers is a strong advocate for environmental protection and has been a vocal critic of the Irish government's handling of the economic crisis. She is also a strong supporter of LGBT rights and has been a vocal critic of the Catholic Church's stance on same-sex marriage.
Childers is married to former Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore. They have two children.
| Popular As |
Nessa Maria Vereker Childers |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
9 October 1956 |
| Birthday |
9 October |
| Birthplace |
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality |
Ireland |
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Nessa Childers Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Nessa Childers's Husband?
Her husband is Ross Skelton (m. 1980)
| Family |
| Parents |
Erskine H. Childers
Rita Childers |
| Husband |
Ross Skelton (m. 1980) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
2 |
Nessa Childers Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Nessa Childers worth at the age of 68 years old? Nessa Childers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. She is from Ireland. We have estimated
Nessa Childers's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Politician |
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Timeline
In January 2014, Childers announced that she would switch from the East constituency to the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European Parliament election. For the 2014 election the East constituency was abolished with the northern part transferred to the new Midlands–North-West constituency, and the southern part transferred to the South constituency.
Childers was elected for the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European election. On 18 June 2014, she was re-admitted to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). In 2017, Childers stated she would not contest the 2019 European Parliament elections.
She is a former County Councillor for the Green Party, representing the Blackrock local electoral area on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. She was elected in 2004 and resigned from her seat in August 2008.
She resigned from the Parliamentary Labour Party on 5 April 2013, saying "..I no longer want to support a Government that is actually hurting people". She resigned from the Labour Party itself in July 2013. She was a non-attached MEP from 2013 to 2014.
In June 2013, she called upon Minister Phil Hogan to convene a commission to decide on new constituency boundaries. She noted a reduction in European Parliamentary seats allocated to Irish constituencies, which had fallen from 12 to 11 as a consequence of the accession of Croatia to the European Union. She further called for a ban on the placement of election posters on local council-owned poles, but not on the more common eircom poles or Electric Ireland poles. The Commission was appointed in July 2013.
In November 2011, she refused to support the Irish Government's nominee to the European Court of Auditors, Kevin Cardiff. who was head of the Financial Services Division of the Department of Finance. Childers said she had concerns about his suitability given the uncertainty around his role in the Irish Bank Guarantee and a recent serious error in the calculation of the Irish public finances.
Between 2009 and 2014, Childers was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the delegation for relations with Japan. She was also a substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education.
In September 2008, she resigned from the Green Party to run for the Labour Party in the East constituency at the 2009 European Parliament election. She was elected in May 2009.
Childers originally joined the Labour Party before the 2004 local elections, but when she failed to get a nomination to run for Dún LaoghaireRathdown County Council, she switched to the Green Party and was elected to represent it as a Councillor.
Nessa Maria Vereker Childers (born 9 October 1956) is an Irish Independent politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019.
