Noel McCarthy explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:November 2024
Constituency:Cork East
Party:Fine Gael (since 2015)
Otherparty:Labour Party (2009–2015)

Noel McCarthy (born 1960/1961) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2024 general election.[1]

In 2009, McCarthy was elected to Cork County Council for the Fermoy as a Labour Party candidate. He was re-elected as a Labour councillor in 2014.[2] He left Labour in October 2015, when he was not allowed seek a nomination in Cork East for Labour at the 2016 general election, having being previously denied a run at the 2011 general election.[3] He joined Fine Gael in November 2015,[4] and stood as a Fine Gael candidate at the 2016 general election but was not elected. He was re-elected to Cork County Council in 2019 as a Fine Gael councillor.

A small business owner, McCarthy runs an off-licence in Fermoy.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Election 2024 Live Results – Cork East. . 1 December 2024. 1 December 2024.
  2. Web site: Here's everything you need to know about the new TDs for Cork. Irish Examiner. 3 December 2024. 4 December 2024.
  3. News: Browne . Bill . Frustrated McCarthy leaves Labour . 4 December 2024 . 10 October 2015.
  4. News: Roche . Barry . Fine Gael adds ex-Labour councillor to Cork East ticket . 29 October 2024 . 27 November 2015.