Ciarán Lynch

{{Short description|Irish Labour Party politician (b. 1964)}}

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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Ciarán Lynch 2014.jpg

| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = May 2007

| term_end = February 2016

| constituency = Cork South-Central

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Irish

| party = Labour Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Ber Lynch|1997}}

| children = 2

| relations = Kathleen Lynch (sister-in-law)

| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Cork|Waterford Institute of Technology}}

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Ciarán Lynch (born 13 June 1964) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2007 to 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ciaran-Lynch.D.2007-06-14/|title=Ciarán Lynch|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=15 May 2009|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145501/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Ciaran-Lynch.D.2007-06-14|url-status=live}}

He was educated at University College Cork, studying social studies, and at the Waterford Institute of Technology, studying humanities. 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.{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Elaine |date=16 January 2016 |title=Cork children to benefit from Labour's Childcare Plan – says Ciarán Lynch TD |url=https://www.thecork.ie/2016/01/16/cork-children-to-benefit-from-labours-childcare-plan-says-ciaran-lynch-td/ |access-date=14 January 2023|website=TheCork.ie}}

Lynch served as a member of Cork City Council from 2004 to 2007,{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=143|title=Ciarán Lynch|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=15 May 2009|archive-date=23 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523035124/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=143|url-status=live}} and was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected at the 2011 general election. He was the Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Local Government. Lynch launched the Simon Communities National Conference on Homelessness and Health in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/4964/2011-40/Lynch-promises-%E2%82%AC100m-for-mental-health|title=Homeless study finds serious mental health problems|work=Cork Independent|date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008010817/http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/4964/2011-40/Lynch-promises-%E2%82%AC100m-for-mental-health|archivedate=8 October 2011}}

He is brother-in-law to Kathleen Lynch who was a Labour Party TD for Cork North-Central.{{fact|date=December 2020}}

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.