Aideen Hayden
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Aideen Hayden | |
|---|---|
 Hayden in 2014 | |
| Senator | |
| In office 25 May 2011 – 8 June 2016 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1959 Waterford, Ireland |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Iseult O'Malley (sister-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Aideen Hayden (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1]
Hayden was born in Waterford in 1959, but is a native of County Carlow. She moved to Dublin and attended St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School. Hayden did a Bachelors of Economics and History in University College Dublin (1981). She also obtained a PhD in Applied Social Sciences.[2][3]
Hayden qualified as a solicitor and practiced between 1989 and 2008.[2]
She became Chair of Threshold in 1999. She was also a Board Member of the Private Residential Tenancies Board from 2004 to 2011. She resigned her Board membership when she was appointed to the Seanad.
Hayden received a PhD in Housing Policy from University College Dublin in 2014.
