Darragh O'Brien

Darragh O'Brien
O'Brien in 2023
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Assumed office
27 June 2020
Taoiseach
Preceded byEoghan Murphy
Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad
In office
30 April 2011 – 26 February 2016
LeaderMicheál Martin
Preceded byDonie Cassidy
Succeeded byCatherine Ardagh
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
ConstituencyDublin Fingal
In office
May 2007 – February 2011
ConstituencyDublin North
Senator
In office
25 May 2011 – 26 February 2016
ConstituencyLabour Panel
In office
4 March 2011 – 25 May 2011
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born (1974-07-08) 8 July 1974 (age 50)
Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Susan Maxwell
(m. 2007)
Children1
EducationMalahide Community School
Alma materInstitute of Technology, Carlow
Websitedarraghobrien.ie

Darragh O'Brien (born 8 July 1974) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage since June 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since the 2016 general election, and previously from 2007 to 2011 for the Dublin North constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2011 to 2016.[1]

  1. ^ "Darragh O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2009.