Derek Nolan

Irish former Labour Partypolitician (b. 1982)

Derek Nolan
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
ConstituencyGalway West
Personal details
Born (1982-03-07) 7 March 1982 (age 42)
Galway, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
Alma materNUI Galway

Derek Nolan (born October 1982) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1][2][3]

Nolan attended Saint Michael's Boys' School, Mervue, and St. Mary's College, Galway. He then studied at NUI Galway.[4] He won a seat on Galway City Council in June 2009, aged 26. He was a trainee Solicitor when he contested the 2011 general election.[5] He was nominated to succeed President Michael D. Higgins in the election to Dáil Éireann, in Galway West as a first time candidate.[6] He was a member of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[3] He described the poor Labour result and loss of so many seats for party as "heartbreaking", but also said the challenge of starting a new career was "exciting".[7]

References

  1. ^ "Derek Nolan – Biography". Labour Party website. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Derek Nolan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Derek Nolan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Former NUI Galway Students, including Taoiseach, take senior roles in Cabinet". Spring 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012.
  5. ^ McDonald, Brian (8 February 2011). "Labour hopeful has big shoes to fill". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  6. ^ Siggins, Lorna (27 February 2011). "Labour leads in Galway West". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  7. ^ Nolan, Derek (1 March 2016). "How Labour's Derek Nolan Fees After Losing The Election". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Galway West constituency
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Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937 Gerald Bartley
(FF)
Seán Tubridy
(FF)
Joseph Mongan
(FG)
3 seats
1937–1977
10th 1938
1940 by-election John J. Keane
(FF)
11th 1943 Eamon Corbett
(FF)
12th 1944 Michael Lydon
(FF)
13th 1948
14th 1951 Peadar Duignan
(FF)
John Mannion Snr
(FG)
15th 1954 Johnny Geoghegan
(FF)
Fintan Coogan Snr
(FG)
16th 1957
17th 1961
18th 1965 Bobby Molloy
(FF)
19th 1969
20th 1973
1975 by-election Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
(FF)
21st 1977 Bill Loughnane
(FF)
John Mannion Jnr
(FG)
4 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Mark Killilea Jnr
(FF)
John Donnellan
(FG)
Michael D. Higgins
(Lab)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Frank Fahey
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov) Fintan Coogan Jnr
(FG)
25th 1987 Bobby Molloy
(PDs)
Michael D. Higgins
(Lab)
26th 1989 Pádraic McCormack
(FG)
27th 1992 Éamon Ó Cuív
(FF)
28th 1997 Frank Fahey
(FF)
29th 2002 Noel Grealish
(PDs)
30th 2007
31st 2011 Noel Grealish
(Ind)
Seán Kyne
(FG)
Brian Walsh
(FG)
Derek Nolan
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Hildegarde Naughton
(FG)
Catherine Connolly
(Ind)
33rd 2020 Mairéad Farrell
(SF)