Garret Ahearn | |
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Senator | |
Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
Constituency | Administrative Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)[1] Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse | Laura Whelan |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
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Garret Ahearn (born 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He is vice-chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party.[2] He is the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade. He is vice-chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment.[3]
Prior to becoming a senator, he was a member of Tipperary County Council from 2019 to 2020. He was Mayor of Clonmel from 2019 to 2020.[4]
He unsuccessfully contested the Tipperary constituency at the 2020 general election.
He is the son of Theresa Ahearn, who served as a Fine Gael TD for the Tipperary South constituency from 1989 to 2000.[5]