Thomas Gould (politician) explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 2020
Constituency:Cork North-Central
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Sinn Féin
Children:2

Thomas Gould (born July 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2020 general election.[2]

Political career

He was a member of Cork City Council, originally for the Cork City North Central Ward in 2009 and for the Cork City North West local electoral area from 2019. Gould was a candidate in the 2016 General Election in Cork North-Central, but was not elected. He was a candidate in the 2019 Cork North-Central by-election, but was not elected. Gould was elected at the 2020 general election in Cork North Central.[3] [4] [5] [6] He received almost 27% of the first preference votes cast in the constituency.[7] He was selected after Jonathan O'Brien had announced that he would not seek re-election.[8] Mick Nugent was co-opted to Gould's seat on Cork City Council following his election to Dáil Eireann.[9]

In 2018, Gould claimed that the spending by Cork City Council for Prince Charles and Camilla was "overkill".[10] In 2021, he defended former Sinn Féin politician Martin Ferris in saying that members of the Provisional IRA “were not criminals.” Gould stated that the Provisional IRA was made up of volunteers “who stepped up in their community” at a time when they were “under attack”.[11]

Early and personal life

Gould is from the Cork suburb of Knocknaheeny, and lives in Gurranabraher with his wife and two daughters. He was a logistics manager.[12] He is involved with St. Vincent's GAA.[13] In addition to this, he was serving on the board of directors of the Firkin Crane as of 2020.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tim Ryan. 2020. Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections. Grand Canal Publishing.
  2. Web site: Thomas Gould. Oireachtas Members Database. 15 February 2020. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215200953/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Thomas-Gould.D.2020-02-08/. live.
  3. https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9604 Electoral History - Thomas Gould
  4. Web site: 2019-11-30. Byelections 2019: Fianna Fáil's Padraig O'Sullivan elected to Dáil in Cork North-Central. 2020-10-19. Irish Examiner. en. 26 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926073101/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30967569.html. live.
  5. Web site: 2020-02-09. Pat Buckley and Thomas Gould elected in Cork as Sinn Féin surge continues. 2020-10-19. Irish Examiner. en. 19 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919181523/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30980685.html. live.
  6. News: Cork North-Central results: Fine Gael's Colm Burke elected on 14th count . 10 February 2020 . Barry . Roche . . Dublin . 5 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210605105625/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/cork-north-central-results-fine-gael-s-colm-burke-elected-on-14th-count-1.4165164 . 5 June 2021 .
  7. Web site: 2020-02-09. Momentous day for Sinn Féin in Cork North-Central. 2020-10-19. Irish Examiner. en.
  8. Web site: Gould confirmed as Sinn Féin candidate in Cork North Central. 2020-10-19. Echo Live. 15 January 2020. 16 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116134936/https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Gould-confirmed-as-Sinn-Fein-candidate-in-Cork-North-Central-9dd91142-6791-4d06-8804-e586ba2e0c2c-ds. live.
  9. Web site: Mick Nugent likely to replace SF's Thomas Gould. 2020-10-19. Echo Live. 12 February 2020.
  10. News: Kelleher. Olivia. €5,936 to polish door handles? Cork council defends royal visit spending. 2020-10-19. The Irish Times. en. 8 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108113949/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/supreme-court/5-936-to-polish-door-handles-cork-council-defends-royal-visit-spending-1.3728852. live.
  11. News: Brian. Mahon. Sinn Féin TD gives backing to Martin Ferris's IRA comments. . en. 2021-10-17. 0140-0460.
  12. News: O'Halloran. Marie. Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin). 2020-10-19. The Irish Times. en.
  13. Web site: Thomas Gould: It's not too often a Vincent's man comes to Nemo and comes away with a resounding victory. 2020-10-19. Echo Live. 12 February 2020. 24 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924112845/https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40133048.html. live.
  14. Web site: Board Of Directors. 2020-12-12. Firkin Crane. en-US. 5 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105110814/https://www.firkincrane.ie/board-of-directors/. live.

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