Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

A candidate for Fianna Fáil. View party
ELECTED
John McGuinness
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD
Biography

McGuinness has been a TD since first elected to the Dáil in 1997. He is chair of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. He entered local politics in 1979 when he won a seat on the Kilkenny Borough Council. He was Mayor of Kilkenny City from 1996 to 1997. He is a former Minister of State and wrote a political memoir entitled: The House Always Wins.

connect with John McGuinness