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Darren O'Rourke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD ) for the Meath East constituency at the 2020 general election .[1] [2] [3] [4]
Background [ edit ]
Originally from Kells , O'Rourke trained in Dublin Institute of Technology [5] and holds a number of master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland .[6] He was a medical scientist at St. James's Hospital in Dublin .[6]
Political career [ edit ]
O'Rourke was previously a policy advisor to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD.[6] He was the Sinn Féin candidate at the 2013 Meath East by-election ,[7] which was won by Fine Gael 's Helen McEntee . He was unsuccessful again at the 2016 general election ,[8] but at the 2020 general election he topped the poll with 24.37% of the first-preference votes , and was elected on the second count.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
References [ edit ]
^ Bowers, Shauna (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)" . The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021 .
^ "Election 2020: Meath East" . The Irish Times . Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021 .
^ Bowers, Shauna. "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 3 March 2022 .
^ a b c 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 . 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 .
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