Darren O'Rourke explained
Darren O'Rourke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency at the 2020 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Background
Originally from Kells, O'Rourke trained in Dublin Institute of Technology[5] and holds a number of master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[6] He was a medical scientist at St. James's Hospital in Dublin.[6]
Political career
O'Rourke was previously a policy advisor to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD.[6] He was the Sinn Féin candidate at the 2013 Meath East by-election,[7] which was won by Fine Gael's Helen McEntee. He was unsuccessful again at the 2016 general election,[8] but at the 2020 general election he topped the poll with 24.37% of the first-preference votes, and was elected on the second count.[9]
He was a member of Meath County Council for the Ashbourne local electoral area from 2014 to 2020. Aisling Ó Néill was co-opted to O'Rourke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil.[10]
In 2022, O'Rourke put forward a bill to require all pharmaceutical companies to make their payments to healthcare organisations and professionals public in a register.[11]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Darren O'Rourke. Oireachtas Members Database. 15 February 2020. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215202039/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Darren-O%27Rourke.D.2020-02-08/. live.
- News: Meath East results: SF tops the poll while FG's Regina Doherty loses seat; Minister for Social Protection comes in fifth in three-seater . Shauna . Bowers . 10 February 2020 . 9 February 2020 . . Dublin . 8 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210609000901/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-darren-o-rourke-sinn-f%C3%A9in-1.4167575 . 9 June 2021 .
- News: Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin) . Shauna . Bowers . 10 February 2020 . 9 February 2020 . . Dublin . 8 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210609000214/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/meath-east-results-sf-tops-the-poll-while-fg-s-regina-doherty-loses-seat-1.4165512 . 9 June 2021.
- News: Election 2020: Meath East . 10 February 2020 . . Dublin . 8 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210609000458/https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/meath-east . 9 June 2021.
- News: Bowers . Shauna . Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin) . 2022-03-03 . The Irish Times . en.
- News: Bowers . Shauna . 9 February 2020 . Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin) . . 9 August 2021 . 28 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128181558/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-darren-o-rourke-sinn-f%C3%A9in-1.4167575 . live .
- Web site: Darren O'Rourke . electionsireland.org . 18 August 2023.
- News: Meath East Results 2016 . RTÉ . dead . 20 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190315151555/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/constituencies/meath-east/ . 15 March 2019.
- Web site: General Election 2020 Results – Meath East . 18 August 2023 . . 13 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200213130309/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/meath-east . live .
- News: Doyle . Simon . Three Sinn Féin members co-opted onto Louth and Meath County Councils . 8 June 2021 . . 25 February 2020 . Drogheda . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200913003016/https://www.lmfm.ie/news/lmfm-news/three-sinn-fein-members-co-opted-onto-louth-and-meath-county-councils/ . 13 September 2020.
- Web site: Taaffe-Maguire . Sarah . New Bill seeks mandatory disclosure of payments from pharma companies to healthcare providers . 2022-03-03 . Business Post . en.