Ciarán Lynch (born 13 June 1964) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a

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(TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2007 to 2016. He was educated at

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, studying Social studies, and at the

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, studying

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. Lynch has been a member of the constituency executive since 1999. He works as an Adult Literacy Organiser in

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and is married with two children. Lynch served as a member of

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from 2004 to 2007, and was elected to

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at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected at the 2011 general election. He was the Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Local Government. Lynch launched the Simon Communities National Conference on Homelessness and Health in 2011. He is brother-in-law to Kathleen Lynch who was a Labour Party TD for Cork North-Central. He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.

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Ciarán Lynch's page on the Labour Party website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Ciaran 1964 births Living people Alumni of University College Cork Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Local councillors in Cork (city) Members of the 30th Dáil Members of the 31st Dáil Alumni of Waterford Institute of Technology

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