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Micheál Carrigy
Senator
Assumed office
2 April 2020
ConstituencyIndustrial and Commercial Panel
Longford County Councillor
In office
5 June 2009 – 2 April 2020
ConstituencyGranard
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
SpouseUna Carrigy
Children3
EducationSt. Mel's College

Micheál Carrigy is an Irish Fine Gael politician from County Longford.[1] He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2020.[2]

Early life and education

Carrigy attended St. Mel's College, Longford.[3] He worked as a postmaster.[4]

Political career

Carrigy was elected to Longford County Council for the first time at the 2009 Irish local elections.[5] He was elected Cathaoirleach of the council in June 2019.[6]

Carrigy stood unsuccessfully in Longford–Westmeath at the 2020 general election; he won 11.2% of first preference votes and finished sixth.[7]

Carrigy was elected to Seanad Éireann in 2020 for the Industrial and Commercial Panel.[8]

Personal life

Carrigy lives in Ballinalee, County Longford, with his wife Una and their three children. In 2019, a neighbour, Jason Coady was imprisoned for carrying out "a concerted three month campaign of harassment" against the family.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Micheál Carrigy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ McGreevy, Ronan. "Center Parcs: Longford takes pole position on tourism grid". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Past Pupil Micheal Carrigy- Cyber Bullying Guide Book for Parents". stmelscollege.ie.
  4. ^ "Westmeath County Council (WCC) Our Services". westmeathcoco.ie.
  5. ^ Donnelly, Se‡n (13 October 2016). "Local Elections 2014". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Cllr Micheál Carrigy elected cathaoirleach of Longford County Council". longfordleader.ie.
  7. ^ "LISTEN | Fine Gael's Micheál Carrigy surprised that almost 3,500 Longford votes went to Sinn Féin". longfordleader.ie.
  8. ^ News, Shannonside (2 April 2020). "Longford Councillor Micheal Carrigy elected to Seanad". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "'Neighbour from hell' is jailed for harassment of Ballinalee family". longfordleader.ie.

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