Ciarán Lynch Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:May 2007
Term End:February 2016
Constituency:Cork South-Central
Birth Date:13 June 1964
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Party:Labour Party
Children:2
Relations:Kathleen Lynch (sister-in-law)

Ciarán Lynch (born 13 June 1964) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2007 to 2016.[1]

He was educated at University College Cork, studying social studies, and at the Waterford Institute of Technology, studying humanities. Lynch has been a member of the constituency executive since 1999. He works as an Adult Literacy Organiser in Cork and is married with two children.[2]

Lynch served as a member of Cork City Council from 2004 to 2007,[3] and was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected at the 2011 general election. He was the Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Local Government. Lynch launched the Simon Communities National Conference on Homelessness and Health in 2011.[4]

He is brother-in-law to Kathleen Lynch who was a Labour Party TD for Cork North-Central.

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ciarán Lynch. Oireachtas Members Database. 15 May 2009. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145501/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ciaran-Lynch.D.2007-06-14. live.
  2. Web site: Murphy . Elaine . 16 January 2016 . Cork children to benefit from Labour's Childcare Plan – says Ciarán Lynch TD . 14 January 2023. TheCork.ie.
  3. Web site: Ciarán Lynch. ElectionsIreland.org. 15 May 2009. 23 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090523035124/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=143. live.
  4. Web site: Homeless study finds serious mental health problems. Cork Independent. 6 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008010817/http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/4964/2011-40/Lynch-promises-%E2%82%AC100m-for-mental-health. 8 October 2011.