Patrick Daly (born 1969/1970) is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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(TD) for the Kerry constituency since the 2020 general election. He qualified as a solicitor in 1996, he worked in the

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before moving to

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. He returned to

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, establishing his own solicitor's practice. Daly is married to Mary Ross, and they have four children. He is involved with local soccer and GAA clubs as well as the Tralee Parkrun. He is also a founding member of Tralee Right to Water. He was a member of

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for the Tralee local electoral area from 2014 to 2020, and previously a member of Tralee Town Council from 2012 to 2014. He is also a member of the Education and Training Board, Bord Bainistíochta of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí. At the

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, Daly was re-elected to the Dáil. He was appointed party spokesperson for Climate, Environment, Energy and Transport in the

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.https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/kerry-td-pa-daly-moved-to-climate-environment-energy-and-transport-brief-in-sinn-feins-shadow-cabinet-419150

References

External links

Pa Daly's page on the Sinn Féin website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Pa Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of Kerry County Council Members of the 33rd Dáil Sinn Féin TDs (post-1923) People from Tralee Sinn Féin local councillors in the Republic of Ireland Members of the 34th Dáil