Nationality: | Irish |
Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | 25 May 2011 |
Term End: | 8 June 2016 |
Constituency: | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | St Patrick's College, Dublin |
Jim D'Arcy (born 20 July 1954) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.[1]
He was elected to Louth County Council in 1999, and to Dundalk Town Council in 2004, serving on both bodies until 2011.[2] He unsuccessfully contested the Louth constituency at the 2007 general election.[2] In May 2011, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad.[3]
He is a former school principal.[3] He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Education and Skills during his term.