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'''Catherine Murphy''' (born 1 September 1953) is an Irish [[Social Democrats (Ireland)|Social Democrats]] politician who has been a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Kildare North (Dáil constituency)|Kildare North]] constituency since the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]], and previously from 2005 to 2007. She has been the joint [[Social Democrats (Ireland)|Leader of the Social Democrats]] since July 2015.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite news |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Catherine-Murphy.D.2005-03-11/ |title=Catherine Murphy |work=Oireachtas Members Database |access-date=4 January 2008 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410140108/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Catherine-Murphy.D.2005-03-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2023, she announced that she would step down as co-leader of the Social Democrats.<ref name="stepdown">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0222/1358185-social-democrats/|title=Shortall and Murphy to stand down as co-leaders of Social Democrats|publisher=[[RTÉ News]]|first=Tommy|last=Meskill|date=22 February 2023|accessdate=22 February 2023}}</ref>
==Early and personal life==
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===Social Democrats===
On 15 July 2015, Murphy launched the [[Social Democrats (Ireland)|Social Democrats]] party along with former independent TD [[Stephen Donnelly]] and former [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] TD [[Róisín Shortall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/new-social-democrats-group-pledge-to-abolish-water-charges-and-repeal-the-eighth-amendment-31378464.html|title=New Social Democrats group pledge to abolish water charges and repeal the Eighth Amendment|work=Irish Independent|date=15 July 2015|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720221826/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/new-social-democrats-group-pledge-to-abolish-water-charges-and-repeal-the-eighth-amendment-31378464.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 22 February 2023, Murphy and Shortall announced that they would step down as co-leaders of the Social Democrats, with a successor to be appointed at an "early date".<ref name="stepdown">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2023/0222/1358185-social-democrats/|title=Shortall and Murphy to stand down as co-leaders of Social Democrats|publisher=[[RTÉ News]]|first=Tommy|last=Meskill|date=22 February 2023|accessdate=22 February 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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