Kathy Sinnott
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Kathy Sinnott is a Irish disability rights campaigner and politician. She is secretary of the Hope Project.
She stood successfully for to became a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South in the 2004 European elections. She campaigned on an agenda of a traditional left-wing approach to disability and economic issues, and to a lesser extent Euroscepticism and social conservatism.
She had stood before in the 2002 general election for a seat in Cork South Central, and narrowly missed out on the fifth and final seat to Fianna Fáil. Her subsequent attempt for a Senate seat also ended in defeat.
She is part of the European Parliament's Independence and Democracy group.