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Darren O'Rourke
O'Rourke in 2021
Teachta Dála

Incumbent

Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyMeath East
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseMaria O'Kane
Alma mater
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Dublin Business School
  • RCSI
  • Maynooth University
  • 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 HospitalinDublin.[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]

    1. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  • ^ 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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