Johnny Guirke

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Johnny Guirke
Johnny Guirke 2020.jpg
Guirke in 2020
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyMeath West
Personal details
Born
John Guirke

Navan, County Meath, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse(s)Mary Murphy
Children4

Johnny Guirke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2020 general election.[1][2][3]

Political career[]

Guirke was a member of Meath County Council for the Kells local electoral area from 2014 to 2020, first elected in 2014 and re-elected again in 2019. Michael Gallagher was co-opted to Guirke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil.[4]

In the 2020 Irish general election, Guirke was elected as a TD for Meath West, topping the poll.

Personal life[]

Guirke moved to Boston in 1988, where he worked in the construction industry for 18 years, before moving back to Meath.[5]

Guirke met his wife Mary while living in Boston, and the couple have four children.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Johnny Guirke". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ Walsh, Louise (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Meath West results: Surprise at Fianna Fáil loss as seismic shift to left". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Election 2020: Meath West". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ Doyle, Simon (25 February 2020). "Three Sinn Féin members co-opted onto Louth and Meath County Councils". LMFM. Drogheda. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "'They cannot just give up the lives they have built there. They would lose everything'". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Cllr Johnny Guirke expected to play major role in rebuilding SF in Meath". Meath Chronicle. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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