Kathy Sinnott
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Kathy Sinnott (born September 29, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an Irish disability rights campaigner and politician. She is secretary of the Hope Project.
She stood successfully for to became a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South in the 2004 European elections. She campaigned on disability and education issues, and to a lesser extent Euroscepticism and social conservatism, espusing much of the agenda of the Christian Right, particularly in regard to abortion.
She had stood before in the 2002 general election for a seat in Cork South Central, and narrowly missed out on the fifth and final seat to Fianna Fáil. Her subsequent attempt for a Senate seat also ended in defeat.
She is part of the European Parliament's Independence and Democracy group.
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