John Gilroy (politician)

John Gilroy


Senator
In office April 2011 – April 2016
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-20) 20 July 1967 Athboy, Meath, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Marion Gilroy
Children	2
Profession	Former Psychiatric nurse

John Gilroy (born 20 July 1967) is an Irish Labour Party politician.^[1]^[2] He was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Cultural and Educational Panel.^[3] He was previously a member of Cork County Council from 2004 to 2011 for the Blarney local electoral area. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election for the Cork North–Central constituency, polling 6,125 first preference votes (11.7%).^[4]

He is a former Psychiatric nurse.^[2] He is the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Health, Public Service, Reform and the Office of Public Works.

References

↑ "Mr. John Gilroy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
1 2 Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 202. ISBN 9780717150595.
↑ "FG's Deirdre Clune takes first Seanad seat". RTÉ News. 26 April 2011.
↑ "John Gilroy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

External links

John Gilroy's page on the Labour Party website

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Agricultural Panel	Paul Bradford (FG, then RI) Paddy Burke (FG) Michael Comiskey (FG) James Heffernan (Lab, then SD) Paschal Mooney (FF) Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF) Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF) Denis O'Donovan (FF) Susan O'Keeffe (Lab) Pat O'Neill (FG) Jim Walsh (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Thomas Byrne (FF) Deirdre Clune (FG) John Gilroy (Lab) Michael Mullins (FG) Labhrás Ó Murchú (FF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Colm Burke (FG) Paul Coghlan (FG) Jimmy Harte (Lab) Imelda Henry (FG) Marc MacSharry (FF) Catherine Noone (FG) Averil Power (FF, then Ind) Kathryn Reilly (SF) Mary White (FF)

Labour Panel	Terry Brennan (FG) David Cullinane (SF) Maurice Cummins (FG) Fidelma Healy Eames (FG) Cáit Keane (FG) Terry Leyden (FF) Marie Moloney (Lab) Tony Mulcahy (FG) Darragh O'Brien (FF) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) John Whelan (Lab)

National University of Ireland	John Crown (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind) Feargal Quinn (Ind)

University of Dublin	Ivana Bacik (Lab) Sean Barrett (Ind) David Norris (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Eamonn Coghlan (Ind, then FG) Jim D'Arcy (FG) Aideen Hayden (Lab) Lorraine Higgins (Lab) Fiach Mac Conghail (Ind) Martin McAleese (Ind) Mary Moran (Lab) Mary Ann O'Brien (Ind) Marie-Louise O'Donnell (Ind) Jillian van Turnhout (Ind) Katherine Zappone (Ind)

Elected or appointed later	2013 Hildegarde Naughton (FG) 2014 Gerard Craughwell (Ind) 2015 Máiría Cahill (Lab)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party RI: Renua Ireland SD: Social Democrats SF: Sinn Féin Ind: Independent

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