Gemma Hussey was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the February 1982 general election as a Fine Gael TD for Wicklow. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillThe late Gemma Hussey left an estate valued at €4.88 million when she died in November 2024, according to papers published this week by the Probate Office. Ms Hussey was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the February 1982 general election, as a Fine Gael TD for Wicklow. She went on to make history as Ireland’s first woman minister for education and Fine Gael’s first female cabinet minister. Ms Hussey was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for Fine Gael in 1997.

Source: The Irish Times September 13, 2025 11:29 UTC