Liz O'Donnell

Liz O'Donnell (born 1 July 1956) is an Irish former Progressive Democrats politician, who represented Dublin South as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1992 to 2007.

She was educated at the Salesian Convent, Limerick, and Trinity College Dublin, where she was an honours graduate of the Law School in 1981.

[2] In 1991, she was elected to Dublin City Council for the Progressive Democrats for the Rathmines local electoral area.

Following her return to the 28th Dáil at the 1997 general election, she negotiated the Programme for the Coalition Government between Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, along with her party colleague Minister of State Bobby Molloy.

O'Donnell was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Overseas Development Assistance and Human Rights.