Nuala Fennell (née Campbell; 25 November 1935 – 11 August 2009) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and activist who served as Minister of State from December 1982 to January 1987 with responsibility for Women's Affairs and Family Law.

[2] She met her future husband, Brian Fennell, at the Templeogue Tennis Club, and they emigrated in 1957 to Montreal, Canada, where they were both employed by the Sun Life Company.

Fennell took up secretarial employment in a legal firm in Dublin, at a time when married women were frowned upon for working.

[5] In 1972, she helped found Action, Information and Motivation (AIM), a pressure group campaigning for women's equality in marriage.

Fianna Fáil formed a short-lived following the February 1982 election, but Fine Gael was returned to office later that year following the November 1982 election and Fennell was appointed Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, with responsibly for Women's Affairs and Family Law.