Naoise Ó Cearúil (born 1988/1989)[1] is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election.[2][3]
Naoise Ó Cearúil | |
|---|---|
 Ó Cearúil in 2024 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Kildare North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1988/1989 (age 35–36) County Kildare, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Alma mater | Maynooth University |
Early life
editBorn and raised in Maynooth, he was educated in Leixlip, Kilcock and Maynooth. He is a graduate of Maynooth University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business and Law in 2011 and a Diploma in Irish. While at Maynooth, he was president of the university's Irish society, Cuallacht na Gaeilge, and the Law Society.[4]
Career
editHe was first elected to Kildare County Council at the 2014 local elections for the Maynooth local electoral area at the age of 24. Re-elected in 2019 and again in 2024, he has previously served as Mayor of Kildare from 2021 to 2022. He was chosen to run at the 2024 general election with James Lawless, with whom he secured a second seat for the party in the enlarged five seat constituency.[5]
Prior to his election to the Dáil, he worked in the technology sector in Kildare.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Kildare North: Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF)". The Irish Times. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Naoise Ó Cearúil". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "The TDs elected to the 34th Dáil on Day Three of counting". RTÉ News. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Maynooth University Business and Law graduate is new Mayor of Kildare". maynoothuniversity.ie. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Naoise Ó Cearúil". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Naoise Ó Cearúil". fiannafail.ie. Retrieved 29 December 2024.