Senator
Garret Ahearn
Senator
Assumed office
29 June 2020
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Personal details
Born1980 or 1981 (age 42–43)[1]
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
SpouseLaura Whelan
Children2
Parent
Office in Tipperary Town

Garret Ahearn (born 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He is Vice Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party.[2] He is the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade. He is Vice Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade & Employment.[3]

Prior to becoming a Senator, he was a member of Tipperary County Council from 2019 to 2020. John Fitzgerald was co-opted to Ahearn's seat on Tipperary County Council following his election to the Seanad. He was Mayor of Clonmel from 2019 to 2020.[4]

He unsuccessfully contested the Tipperary constituency at the 2020 general election.

He is the son of Theresa Ahearn, who served as a Fine Gael TD for the Tipperary South constituency from 1989 to 2000.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fine Gael Candidate Garret Ahearn". 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Garret Ahearn". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Garret Ahearn". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Clonmel Borough District". www.tipperarycoco.ie. Tipperary County Council. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Son of late TD, Theresa Ahearn, selected as FG in Tipperary". Irish Examiner. 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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