Noel Rock
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Noel Rock TD |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin North-West |
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| Born |
11 November 1987 Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University |
| Website | www |
Noel Rock (born 11 November 1987) is a Fine Gael politician, and Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency, elected at the 2016 general election on his first attempt.
Rock was born in Dublin and grew up in the Ballymun and Glasnevin areas, where he was raised by his mother and grandparents. He was educated at Our Lady of Victories National Boys' School, Ballymun and St. Aidan's CBS in Whitehall. He graduated from Dublin City University, where he was the chair of the university's branch of Young Fine Gael. He remains an active member of Young Fine Gael.
While studying at DCU, Rock interned with then US Senator Hillary Clinton as a legislative intern focusing on foreign policy. He later interned in Iowa with her 2008 Presidential campaign ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. He welcomed Clinton to DCU for a speech in 2012. He has also worked as an assistant manager for the Washington-Ireland Program and as a press assistant with the European Parliament. Following his graduation from DCU he worked in communications for a startup cloud computing company.
Rock first ran for a seat on the Dublin City Council in 2009, and was the last candidate deemed to not be elected in his LEA. He was the youngest candidate to run for a seat on the Council for a major party. In doing so he increased Fine Gael's share of the second-preference vote by 462%. In 2011 he was a campaign organizer for John Paul for the Dail, which successfully sought to elect John Paul Phelan to Dáil Éireann for Carlow–Kilkenny, where he topped the poll. Rock has also worked as a secretarial assistant for Catherine Noone, a Senator in the Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
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