Josepha Madigan Family: Parents, Siblings, Husband, Children.

Josepha Madigan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion from July 2020 to March 2024. Born on 21 May 1970, Madigan attended Mount Anville Secondary School and Trinity College Dublin. Currently she is 53 years old.

Madigan is a licensed attorney, mediator, and member of the MII Council. She was elected as a TD in 2016 after serving as a councillor for the Stillorgan local electoral area on the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council since May 2014.

Josepha Madigan was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin Rathdown seat to Dáil Éireann in 2016, defeating incumbent Fine Gael TD, Alan Shatter, by almost 1,000 votes. In July 2017, she was named Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. She was an active member of the Public Accounts Committee and introduced a private member's bill cutting the four-year divorce waiting period in Ireland to two years.

In November 2017, Madigan was named Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, succeeding Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald. She was also named coordinator of the Fine Gael Yes campaign in the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment in March 2018.

In February 2020, she was re-elected, coming in third behind party colleague Neale Richmond and Green Party Deputy Leader Catherine Martin. Madigan faced criticism for calling children without special needs “normal” and comparing homes for mothers and babies to those where children with special needs do not attend school. She apologized for her comments and announced her resignation as Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion and decision not to run for office in the upcoming general election on March 22, 2024.

Josepha Madigan Parents

Patricia Madigan and Patrick Madigan are the parent of Politician Josepha Madigan.

Josepha Madigan Siblings

Madigan shares the same parents as her sister, Edwina Madigan.

Josepha Madigan Husband

She is happily married to Finbarr Hayes. The lovebirds tied their knot in 2002 and has birthed two wonderful kids.

Josepha Madigan Children

Madigan is known to be a mother of two children.

Source: DKlassgh.net