Tom Brabazon

{{short description|Irish politician}}

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| honorific-suffix = TD

| image = Tom Brabazon, Dec 2024 - (54179399194) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Brabazon in 2024

| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = November 2024

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| constituency = Dublin Bay North

| office1 = Lord Mayor of Dublin

| term_start1 = 13 February 2020

| term_end1 = 29 June 2020

| predecessor1 = Paul McAuliffe

| successor1 = Hazel Chu

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|54|2024|12|2|slash=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| party = Fianna Fáil

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| alma_mater = University College Dublin

| occupation = Solicitor

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Tom Brabazon (born 1969/1970){{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/12/02/dublin-bay-north-tom-brabazon-ff/|title=Dublin Bay North: Tom Brabazon (FF)|work=The Irish Times|date=2 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024}} is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency since the 2024 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Tom-Brabazon.D.2024-11-29/|title=Tom Brabazon|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=5 January 2025}}

A Dublin City Councillor from 2003 to 2024 for the Donaghmede area,{{cite web|url=https://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=227|title=Tom Brabazon|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=5 January 2025}} he was elected Deputy Lord Mayor in 2019, and was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in February 2020 following his predecessor Paul McAuliffe's election to Dáil Éireann.{{Cite news |last=McDermott |first=Stephen |title=Fianna Fáil's Tom Brabazon elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-tom-brabazon-lord-mayor-5020132-Feb2020/ |newspaper=TheJournal.ie |date=24 February 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}} His term as Lord Mayor ended on 29 June 2020.{{Cite web |title=Lord Mayor of Dublin |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council/lord-mayor |publisher=Dublin City Council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430010744/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council/lord-mayor |archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-09/lord-mayors-of-dublin-1665-2021.pdf|title=Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 |work=Dublin City Council|date=June 2020|access-date=18 November 2023}}

Brabazon was co-opted to Dublin City Council in 2003 following the abolition of the dual mandate and was re-elected in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-city-council-results-2024-6404733-Jun2024/ |title=SocDems double seats on Dublin City Council as Fianna Fáil lose top spot to Fine Gael |first=David |last=MacRedmond |newspaper=TheJournal.ie |date=2024-06-10 |accessdate=2024-07-20}}

In 2015, Brabazon was criticised for comments in Northside People on childbirth and gender quotas,{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Niall |title=Councillor stands by childbirth remarks despite party anger |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/councillor-stands-by-childbirth-remarks-despite-party-anger-31053892.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=10 March 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415114700/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/councillor-stands-by-childbirth-remarks-despite-party-anger-31053892.html |archive-date=15 April 2016 |access-date=10 May 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Ó Cionnaith |first=Flachra |title=Fianna Fáil row over gender quota claims |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/fianna-faacuteil-row-over-gender-quota-claims-317324.html |newspaper=Irish Examiner |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=10 May 2020}} but later withdrew and apologised for the remarks.{{Cite news |last=McQuinn |first=Cormac |title=Lord Mayor nominee who claimed voters should pick 'women with real life experience of childbirth' says remarks were 'ill-chosen' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/lord-mayor-nominee-who-claimed-voters-should-pick-women-with-real-life-experience-of-childbirth-says-remarks-were-ill-chosen-38983926.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=24 February 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510213008/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/lord-mayor-nominee-who-claimed-voters-should-pick-women-with-real-life-experience-of-childbirth-says-remarks-were-ill-chosen-38983926.html |archive-date=10 May 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}}

In 2024, Brabazon was selected to contest the next general election for the Dublin Bay North constituency, with councillor Deirdre Heney later being added to the ticket. {{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Rose |date=19 September 2024 |title=Heney selected for general election |url=https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/news/deirdreheney-fiannafail-election-55533/ |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Dublin Gazette |language=en}}

At the 2024 general election, Brabazon was elected to the Dáil.