Ciarán Lynch
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Ciarán Lynch is an Irish
Republic of Ireland
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 Labour Party
Labour Party (Ireland)
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 politician. He has been a Teachta Dála
Teachta Dála
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 (TD) for the Cork South Central
Cork South Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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 constituency since 2007.

He was educated at University College Cork, studying Social studies
Social studies
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, and at the Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford Institute of Technology
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, studying Humanities
Humanities
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. Lynch has been a member of the constituency executive since 1999. He works as an Adult Literacy Organiser in Cork and is married with two children.

Lynch served as a member of Cork City Council
Cork City Council
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 from 2004–07, and was elected to Dáil Éireann
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 at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected at the 2011 general election. Currently, Lynch is the Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Local Government. Lynch launched the Simon Communities National Conference on Homelessness and Health in 2011.

He is brother-in-law to Kathleen Lynch who is a Labour Party TD for Cork North Central
Cork North Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Cork North–Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies...

.

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