Darren O'Rourke
Darren O'Rourke (born 1979/1980)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since the 2020 general election.[2][3][4][5] BackgroundOriginally from Kells, O'Rourke trained in Dublin Institute of Technology[6] and holds a number of master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[7] He was a medical scientist at St. James's Hospital in Dublin.[7] Political careerO'Rourke was previously a policy advisor to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD.[7] He was the Sinn Féin candidate at the 2013 Meath East by-election,[8] which was won by Fine Gael's Helen McEntee. He was unsuccessful again at the 2016 general election,[9] but at the 2020 general election he topped the poll with 24.4% of the first-preference votes, and was elected on the second count.[10] He was a member of Meath County Council for the Ashbourne local electoral area from 2014 to 2020. Aisling Ó Néill was co-opted to O'Rourke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil.[11] In 2022, O'Rourke put forward a bill to require all pharmaceutical companies to make their payments to healthcare organisations and professionals public in a register.[12] References
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