Nessa Cosgrove () is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a

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for the

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since January 2025. Originally from Bandon, County Cork, she moved to Sligo in 2003, where she lives with her husband and three children. She studied at

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, obtaining a bachelor's degree and master's degree in social science. She was a member of

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for the

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–

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area from June 2024 to January 2025. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the

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and

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general elections. Her brother Shane O'Callaghan is a Fine Gael member of

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Labour Party profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosgrove, Nessa Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Labour Panel senators Labour Party (Ireland) senators Labour Party (Ireland) local councillors Members of the 27th Seanad Members of Sligo County Council Politicians from County Sligo People from County Cork Labour Party (Ireland) candidates in Dáil elections 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann Alumni of University College Cork