John Gilroy (born 20 July 1967) is an Irish former Labour Party politician. He was elected to the

24th Seanad The 24th Seanad was in office from 2011 to 2016. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2011 general election to the 31st Dáil on 25 February. There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were el ...

in April 2011 on the

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. He was previously a member of

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from 2004 to 2011 for the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election for the

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constituency, polling 6,125 first preference votes (11.7%). He is a former

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. He was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Health, Public Service, Reform and the

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during his term in office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilroy, John 1967 births Living people Politicians from County Cork Members of the 24th Seanad Labour Party (Ireland) senators Members of Cork County Council People from Athboy Cultural and Educational Panel senators