Johnny Guirke
TD
Guirke in 2022
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyMeath West
Personal details
Born1969–1973 [1]
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseMary 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.[2][3][4]

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.[5]

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

In August 2022 the Irish Independent reported that Guirke failed to register one of his rental properties with the Residential Tenancies Board.[6] He was warned by Sinn Féin that any further lapses in registration of rental properties “will result in disciplinary action from the party”.[7]

Personal life

Guirke moved to Boston in 1988, where he worked in the construction industry for 18 years, before moving back to Meath.[8]

Guirke met his wife Mary while living in Boston, and the couple have four children.[9]

References

  1. ^ Walsh, Louise (13 February 2020). "Election 2020: Johnny Guirke (Sinn Féin)". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Johnny Guirke". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Election 2020: Meath West". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Sinn Féin TD Johnny Guirke says 'letting agent error' behind failure to register rental property with RTB". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. ^ Finn, Christina (26 August 2022). "'Unacceptable': Sinn Féin warn Meath TD over lapse in rental property RTB registration". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. ^ "'They cannot just give up the lives they have built there. They would lose everything'". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  9. ^ "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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