Noel McCarthy

Noel McCarthy
TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2024
ConstituencyCork East
Personal details
Born1960/1961 (age 63–64)[1]
Political partyFine Gael (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations		Labour Party (2009–2015)

Noel McCarthy (born 1960/1961) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2024 general election.[2][3]

In 2009, McCarthy was elected to Cork County Council for the Fermoy area as a Labour Party candidate.[4] He was re-elected as a Labour councillor in 2014.[1] He left Labour in October 2015, when he was not allowed seek a nomination in Cork East for Labour at the 2016 general election, having being previously denied a nomination at the 2011 general election.[5] He joined Fine Gael in November 2015,[6] and stood as a Fine Gael candidate at the 2016 general election but was not elected. He was re-elected to Cork County Council in 2019 as a Fine Gael councillor.

A small business owner, McCarthy runs an off-licence in Fermoy.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Here's everything you need to know about the new TDs for Cork". Irish Examiner. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Noel McCarthy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ "General Election 2024 Live Results – Cork East". RTÉ News. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Noel McCarthy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ^ Browne, Bill (10 October 2015). "Frustrated McCarthy leaves Labour". Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  6. ^ Roche, Barry (27 November 2015). "Fine Gael adds ex-Labour councillor to Cork East ticket". Retrieved 29 October 2024.