Darren O'Rourke
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Irish politician
Darren O'Rourke | |
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.jpg) O'Rourke in 2026 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Meath East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979/1980 (age 45–46) |
| Party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Maria O'Kane |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
Darren O'Rourke (born 1979/1980)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since the 2020 general election.[2][3][4][5]
Originally from Kells, O'Rourke trained in Dublin Institute of Technology[6] and holds a number of master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[7] He was a medical scientist at St. James's Hospital in Dublin.[7]
Political career
O'Rourke was previously a policy advisor to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD.[7] He was the Sinn Féin candidate at the 2013 Meath East by-election,[8] which was won by Fine Gael's Helen McEntee. He was unsuccessful again at the 2016 general election,[9] but at the 2020 general election he topped the poll with 24.4% of the first-preference votes, and was elected on the second count.[10]
He was a member of Meath County Council for the Ashbourne local electoral area from 2014 to 2020. Aisling Ó Néill was co-opted to O'Rourke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil.[11]
In 2022, O'Rourke put forward a bill to require all pharmaceutical companies to make their payments to healthcare organisations and professionals public in a register.[12]
References
- ↑ "Meath East: Darren O'Rourke (SF)". The Irish Times. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "Darren O'Rourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ↑ Bowers, Shauna (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Meath East results: SF tops the poll while FG's Regina Doherty loses seat; Minister for Social Protection comes in fifth in three-seater". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Bowers, Shauna (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Election 2020: Meath East". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Bowers, Shauna. "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- 1 2 3 Bowers, Shauna (9 February 2020). "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Darren O'Rourke". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ↑ "Meath East Results 2016". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "General Election 2020 Results – Meath East". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Taaffe-Maguire, Sarah. "New Bill seeks mandatory disclosure of payments from pharma companies to healthcare providers". Business Post. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links
- Darren O'Rourke's page on the Sinn Féin website Archived 20 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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