Given the question: Facts: - successor: emer costello - party: fianna fail - spouse: ken byrne - predecessor: paddy bourke - office: lord mayor of dublin - term end: 30 june 2009 - children: 3 - term start: 30 june 2008 - name: eibhlin byrne - nationality: irish - alma mater: university college dublin Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eibhlin byrne .
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eibhlin byrne is a former fianna fail politician , and served as lord mayor of dublin from 2008 -- 09 .byrne has held a number of senior positions including -lrb- current -rrb- acting director of the daughters of charity child and family service , head of communication and advocacy at depaul trust -lrb- homeless service -rrb- -lrb- 2003 -- 2006 -rrb- , and chair of the national council on ageing and older people .she has also worked as a volunteer with the satu -lrb- sexual assault treatment unit -rrb- team from dublin rape crisis centre .she became chairperson of dublin rape crisis centre in 2010 .byrne began her career as a secondary school teacher and also ran language programmes between irish students and young people in france , germany , spain and italy .she was a member of the dublin city council for the clontarf area from 2003 -- 09 when she was co-opted to replace sandra geraghty .she was re-elected in june 2004 for a five-year term .she was elected as lord mayor in 2008 by fianna fail councillors with the support of councillors from the labour party , sinn fein and several independents .byrne was previously a member of the city council 's housing strategic policy group , the dublin regional authority , and the dublin bay task force .she was also a member of commissions on crime and on ageing in the city .on 15 april 2009 , byrne was nominated as a fianna fail candidate -lrb- along with eoin ryan -rrb- for the dublin constituency at the 2009 european parliament election which was held on 5 june 2009 but she was not elected .byrne did not stand for re-election to dublin city council .she resigned from fianna fail in 2011 .she continued to work for community regeneration as chairperson of fatima regeneration board .she also served as a board member of holocaust education board , promoting anti - racism and the learning of lessons from world war 2 .in a personal capacity until 2009 byrne was a board member of console .she was chairperson of the visiting committee for dochas centre women...