Johnny Guirke

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.^[2][3][4]

Johnny Guirke TD
Guirke in 2024
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2020
Constituency	Meath West
Personal details
Born	1969–1973[1] Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Spouse	Mary Murphy
Children	4

Political career

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.^[5]

At the 2020 Irish general election, Guirke was elected as a TD for Meath West, topping the poll.

In August 2022 the Irish Independent reported that Guirke failed to register one of his rental properties with the Residential Tenancies Board.^[6] He was warned by Sinn Féin that any further lapses in registration of rental properties “will result in disciplinary action from the party”.^[7]

Personal life

Guirke moved to Boston in 1988, where he worked in the construction industry for 18 years, before moving back to Meath.^[8]

Guirke met his wife Mary while living in Boston, and the couple have four children.^[9]