Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (; born 8 February 1989) is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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(TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since the 2016 general election. Ó Laoghaire is from

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. He attended

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and graduated with a law degree. While in UCC, he joined Sinn Féin's youth wing

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, eventually taking a year out to work as an organiser for Ógra. He then worked as a parliamentary assistant for Sinn Féin politicians David Cullinane,

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and Sandra McLellan. While working as McLellan's parliamentary assistant, he ran in the

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, and was elected, serving as a member of

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from 2014 to 2016. He was re-elected at the 2020 general election. As of 2021, he is Sinn Féin's spokesperson for Education. In April 2021, Ó Laoghaire settled a defamation claim against

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for over €150,000 following comments made about Ó Laoghaire on

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. Ó Laoghaire is married to Eimear Ruane-McAteer. The couple married in 2021 and have three children.

References

External links

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire's page on the Sinn Féin website
Living people Local councillors in County Cork Members of the 32nd Dáil Sinn Féin TDs (post-1923) 1989 births Members of the 33rd Dáil {{SinnFéin-politician-stub