John Gilroy (born 20 July 1967) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected to the

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in April 2011 on the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was previously a member of

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from 2004 to 2011 for the

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local electoral area. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election for the Cork North-Central constituency, polling 6,125 first preference votes (11.7%). He is a former

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. He was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Health, Public Service, Reform and the

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during his term in office.

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1967 births Living people Politicians from County Cork Members of the 24th Seanad Labour Party (Ireland) senators Members of Cork County Council People from Athboy Cultural and Educational Panel senators {{Ireland-senator-stub