Naoise Ó Cearúil
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| office = Teachta Dála
| term_start = November 2024
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| constituency = Kildare North
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| birth_place = County Kildare, Ireland
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| party = Fianna Fáil
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| alma_mater = Maynooth University
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Naoise Ó Cearúil (born 1988/1989){{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/12/02/kildare-north-naoise-o-cearuil-ff/|title=Kildare North: Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF) |newspaper=The Irish Times|date=2 December 2024|access-date=29 December 2024}} is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Naoise-%C3%93-Cear%C3%BAil.D.2024-11-29/|title=Naoise Ó Cearúil|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=29 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=The TDs elected to the 34th Dáil on Day Three of counting |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/2024/1202/1484181-td-elected-day-three/ |work=RTÉ News |date=2 December 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024}}
Early life
Born and raised in Maynooth, he was educated in Leixlip, Kilcock and Maynooth. He is a graduate of Maynooth University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business and Law in 2011 and a Diploma in Irish. While at Maynooth, he was president of the university's Irish society, Cuallacht na Gaeilge, and the Law Society.{{Cite web |title=Maynooth University Business and Law graduate is new Mayor of Kildare |url=https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/daro/news/maynooth-university-business-and-law-graduate-new-mayor-kildare |access-date=23 July 2021|website=maynoothuniversity.ie |language=en}}
Career
He was first elected to Kildare County Council at the 2014 local elections for the Maynooth local electoral area at the age of 24. Re-elected in 2019 and again in 2024, he has previously served as Mayor of Kildare from 2021 to 2022. He was chosen to run at the 2024 general election with James Lawless, with whom he secured a second seat for the party in the enlarged five seat constituency.{{cite web|url=https://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=10370|title=Naoise Ó Cearúil|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=29 December 2024}}
Prior to his election to the Dáil, he worked in the technology sector in Kildare.{{Cite web |title=Naoise Ó Cearúil |url=https://www.fiannafail.ie/tds/naoise-%C3%B3-cear%C3%BAil?hsLang=en |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=fiannafail.ie |language=en}}
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Category:Members of the 34th Dáil
Category:Alumni of Maynooth University