David Cullinane
David Cullinane TD |
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File:David Cullinane 2014.jpg
Cullinane in 2014
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office 26 February 2016 |
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Constituency | Waterford |
Senator | |
In office 25 May 2011 – 26 February 2016 |
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Constituency | Labour Panel |
Waterford City Councillor | |
In office June 2009 – April 2011 |
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Constituency | Waterford City South |
Personal details | |
Born | Waterford, Ireland |
4 July 1974
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse(s) | Kathleen Funchion |
Children | 2 |
David Cullinane (born 4 July 1974) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician.[1] He was elected to the Dáil as aTeachta Dála (TD) for Waterford in the 2016 general election.[2]
Cullinane was born in Waterford city.[3] He was elected to Waterford City Council at the 2004 local elections and retained his seat at the 2009 elections.[4]
He became a member of Seanad Éireann in April 2011, sitting on the Labour Panel [5]
The Irish Times described him in the Seanad as "a frequent, informed and often abrasive contributor across a wide range of areas, with a keen attention to the nuances of legislation". [6]
He unsuccessfully contested the Waterford constituency at the 2002, 2007 and 2011 general elections, before being elected in 2016.
He is married to Kathleen Funchion, a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for Carlow–Kilkenny.
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Preceded by | Teachta Dála for Waterford 2016–present With: Mary Butler John Deasy John Halligan |
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- ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/profile-david-cullinane-sf-1.2552449