Garret Ahearn is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He is the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade. Prior to becoming a Senator, he was a member of

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from 2019 to 2020. John Fitzgerald was co-opted to Ahearn's seat on Tipperary County Council following his election to the Seanad. He was Mayor of Clonmel from 2019 to 2020. He unsuccessfully contested the

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constituency at the

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. He is the son of Theresa Ahearn, who served as a Fine Gael TD for the Tipperary South constituency from 1989 to 2000.

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External links

Garret Ahearn's page on the Fine Gael website
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