Michelle Mulherin (born 20 January 1972) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
[7] Several months later, in June 2011, she was among a number of backbench Fine Gael TDs who criticised the level of payments being made to the unemployed.
In her brief contribution she described the liberating grace of God and the "fallen nature" of all people, and claimed that "fornication, I would say, is probably the single most likely cause of unwanted pregnancies in this country".
[9] This was criticised by TDs who favoured more access to abortion, including the independent Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Clare Daly, the Socialist Party representative who had proposed the bill being debated.
[11] In March 2013, Mulherin accused youth information site Spunout.ie of publishing inappropriate sex education content.