Janet Horner
Janet Horner | |
|---|---|
Horner in 2025 | |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| Assumed office 2 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ciarán Cuffe |
| Constituency | North Inner City |
| Cathaoirleach of the Green Party | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pauline O'Reilly |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Green Party |
| Website | Janet Horner |
Janet Horner is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a member of Dublin City Council since September 2019.[1] She was elected Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the party in May 2025, succeeding Pauline O'Reilly.[2] She is the party's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence.[3]
Biography
Horner has lived in Dublin's North Inner City for over a decade having previously lived in England, Uganda and India working in politics, human rights and community development projects. She holds a degree in Anthropology and Development Studies and a Masters in Politics and Public Policy. She is a trade union activist and is a member of SIPTU's National Equality and Global Solidarity Committees.[4] Horner campaigned with Together for Yes in the 2018 referendum to ratify the Thirty-sixth Amendment, which removed the constitutional ban on abortion in Ireland.[5]
Horner was co-opted to the Dublin City Council seat held by Ciarán Cuffe in September 2019 following Cuffe's election to the European Parliament the previous May.[6] She was re-elected to the council in the 2024 Local Elections.[7] During the 2024 election campaign, Horner was assaulted and received death threats while erecting posters on North Circular Road, Dublin.[8]
In May 2025, it was announced that she had been elected to succeed Pauline O'Reilly as Cathaoirleach of the Green Party. In February 2026, the party announced that Horner would be the party's candidate in the 2026 Dublin Central by-election.[9]
References
- ^ Horner, Janet (7 December 2023). "Local councillor: Dublin's inner city needs hard work, not political games". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ McGreevy, Ronan. "Roderic O'Gorman re-elected as Green Party leader". The Irish Times.
- ^ "New Green Party frontbench will keep climate and nature firmly on the political agenda | Green Party". greenparty.ie.
- ^ Unit, SIPTU Campaigns (19 May 2024). "SIPTU NEC condemns attack on union activist running for election in Dublin".
- ^ "Who We Are". Together For Yes. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Council Brief: New Green Party Councillor Co-opted". Dublin InQuirer. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "North Inner City LEA Results" (PDF). Dublin City Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Bray, Jennifer (15 May 2024). "Green Party councillor attacked while hanging posters in Dublin". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Green Party Chairperson Janet Horner selected to contest Dublin Central By-Election | Green Party". greenparty.ie.