Garret Ahearn | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ahearn in 2025 | |
| Leader of the Seanad | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2026 | |
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Seán Kyne |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| Tipperary County Councillor | |
| In office May 2019 – April 2020 | |
| Constituency | Clonmel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 45–46)[1] Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse | Laura Whelan |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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Garret Ahearn (born 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He was vice-chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party until March 2025.[2] He is Seanad Government chief whip. He is Fine Gael Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs. He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade until March 2025. He was vice-chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment until November 2024.[3]
Prior to becoming a senator, he was a member of Tipperary County Council from 2019 to 2020. He was Mayor of Clonmel from 2019 to 2020.[4]
He unsuccessfully contested the Tipperary constituency at the 2020 general election.[5]
He is the son of Theresa Ahearn, who served as a Fine Gael TD for the Tipperary South constituency from 1989 to 2000.[6]
Ahearn was appointed as Leader of the Seanad in June 2026.[7]
References
- "Fine Gael Candidate Garret Ahearn". 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023.
- "Garret Ahearn". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Garret Ahearn". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- "Clonmel Borough District". www.tipperarycoco.ie. Tipperary County Council. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- "Garret Ahearn". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- "Son of late TD, Theresa Ahearn, selected as FG in Tipperary". Irish Examiner. 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Senator Garret Ahearn appointed Leader of Seanad Éireann". RTÉ News. 17 June 2026.