Johnny Guirke
Guirke was a member of Meath County Council for the Kells local electoral area from 2014 to 2020, first elected in 2014 and re-elected again in 2019. Michael Gallagher was co-opted to Guirke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil. In the 2020 Irish general election, Guirke was elected as a TD for Meath West, topping the poll. Guirke moved to Boston in 1988, where he worked in the construction industry for 18 years, before moving back to Meath.
Guirke met his wife Mary while living in Boston, and the couple have four children.
Political career
Johnny Guirke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2020 general election.