Clare Daly: podcast appearances and interviews

Clare Daly, born on 16 April 1968, is an Irish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament representing the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is affiliated with Independents 4 Change and is part of The Left in the European Parliament. Daly was initially involved in the Labour Party as a teenager in the 1980s but was expelled along with other members amid accusations of Trotskyist infiltration through entryism. She then became a founding member of Militant Labour, which was later renamed the Socialist Party. In 1999, she was elected to Fingal County Council, a position she held for 12 years. Daly was elected as a Socialist Party TD for Dublin North during the 2011 general election. Since 2012, she has maintained a close political association with Mick Wallace. Following the Socialist Party's condemnation of Wallace for tax evasion, Daly left the party and established United Left. As an MEP, she gained international recognition for her positions on foreign policy, particularly her opposition to EU militarism and her stance on Russia. Her views have generated controversy and criticism within Europe but have been promoted by state-controlled media in countries such as Russia, China, Iran, and Syria. Daly lost her seat in the 2024 European Parliament election and was a candidate in Dublin Central during the 2024 general election, where she was eliminated on the fourth count.