Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
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Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin |
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Ó Ríordáin in 2010
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| Minister of State for Communities, Culture and Equality | |
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In office 14 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Byrne |
| Minister of State for the National Drugs Strategy | |
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In office 10 April 2015 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Byrne |
| Senator | |
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Assumed office 24 April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin North–Central |
| Personal details | |
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22 July 1976 (age 40) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Áine Kerr |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | www |
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin ([iːaːn̪ˠ oː ˈɾʲiːɾˠd̪ˠaːnʲ]; born 22 July 1976) is an Irish Labour Party Senator. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North–Central constituency at the 2011 general election. He lost his Dáil seat at the 2016 general election, but was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel in April 2016.
Ó Ríordáin was a Labour Party member of Dublin City Council for the North Inner City electoral area from 2004 to 2009 and then for the Clontarf electoral area from 2009 to 2011. He served as Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin in 2006, during which time he launched his ‘Right to Read Campaign’ in an effort to improve the poor literacy rates in disadvantaged areas.
His move in 2009 to the Clontarf area positioned Ó Ríordáin to run for election to Dáil Éireann in the Dublin North–Central constituency, which he did at the 2011 general election; he took the second seat on the fourth count with 10,192 votes. As a member of the Labour backbenches, he served as Vice-Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection and as a member of both the Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform Committee and the Good Friday Agreement Implementation Committee.
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