The Dublin woman ‘overwhelmed with joy’ at Clinton’s rise
As Hillary Clinton made history this year by becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major US political party, an Irishwoman who helped set the event in motion decades earlier was “overwhelmed with joy”. The woman is Dublin-born librarian turned Washington political power broker Stella O’Leary. And while O Leary is far too modest to claim a place in political history, the record attests to the role she played in Clinton’s journey that could now lead back to the White House — this time as commander-in-chief.
Clinton and O’Leary have been close for decades and Ireland is the glue that has bound them together. Their friendship began during the presidency of Hillary’s husband, Bill Clinton, who shifted the power of his administration behind the Irish peace process.
