Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠəxə oː ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə]; born 8 February 1989) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since the 2016 general election.^[1]

Ó Laoghaire is from Togher, Cork. As a youth, he was a member of the local Scouting Ireland group, the 37th Cork (Togher),^{[citation needed]} before going on to be an adult volunteer in the Scout group in The Lough.^[2] He attended University College Cork (UCC) and graduated with a law degree. While in UCC, he joined Sinn Féin's youth wing Ógra Shinn Féin, 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, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh and Sandra McLellan.^[3]

While working as McLellan's parliamentary assistant, he ran in the 2014 Cork County Council election, and was elected, serving as a member of Cork County Council from 2014 to 2016.^[4]^[5] 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 RTÉ for over €150,000 following comments made about Ó Laoghaire on Liveline.^[6]

At the 2024 general election, Ó Laoghaire was re-elected to the Dáil.

In 2021, Ó Laoghaire married Eimear Ruane-McAteer. The couple have three children.^[7]

References

^ "Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ "Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire biography". sinnfein.ie.
^ O'Halloran, Marie. "Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ "Election 2016: Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire". RTÉ News. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ Leahy, Pat. "t Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire settles defamation claim against RTÉ". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "'Baby and Mammy are doing great': Cork TD welcomes new baby into the family". echo live. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.