Barry Andrews | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Dublin |
| Minister of State | |
| 2008–2011 | Children |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 2002 – February 2011 | |
| Constituency | Dún Laoghaire |
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| Born | 16 May 1967 Dublin, Ireland |
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| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | barryandrews |
Barry Andrews (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency. He is a member of Fianna Fáil, part of Renew Europe. He previously served as Minister of State for Children from 2008 to 2011. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2002 to 2011.[1][2]
The Andrews family have a long connection with Fianna Fáil. Before entering political life, Andrews was a secondary school teacher. He was the Director-General of the Dublin-based Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a partly Irish State-funded EU think tank, since 2017. He was CEO of GOAL from 2012 to 2016, during which the agency grew from a turnover of €60m to more than €150m. He announced his resignation to allow for ‘a fresh start in terms of leadership’ in October 2016 in the wake of a fraud in the charity that was discovered in March 2016.[3]
- ^ "GOAL appoints Barry Andrews as Chief Executive Officer". Goal. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Goal appoints new chief executive". The Irish Times. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "'Fresh start' for troubled aid agency as Andrews resigns". The Sunday Business Post. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.