Housing and childcare top priorities for Cork's Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Housing, childcare and justice will be top priorities for new Cork TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. The 27-year-old from Togher joined Sinn Féin at the age of 18.

Housing and childcare top priorities for Cork's Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

“I suppose I always identified with the party. I felt they were speaking on behalf of people who didn’t have a voice in my own community Togher and neighbouring communities. I felt there was a lot of disadvantage even at the height of the Celtic Tiger,” he said.

The first-time candidate who studied law in UCC and plays hurling with St Finbarr’s GAA club took a year out from his studies when he became national organiser for the youth wing of the party, Ógra Sinn Féin in 2009/2010.

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