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Biography

Constituency:
Dublin South East

Euro Electoral Region:
Dublin

Electoral Status:
Oisín is currently a Councillor on Dublin City Council.

Tel:
01-8173995

Email:
oisin@oisinquinn.ie

Website:
http://www.labour.ie/oisinquinn

Political Career:

• Elected Chair of the Dublin South East Council Area Committee, July 2009
• Re-elected to Dublin City Council, 2009 for the Pembroke-Rathmines Electoral Area, June 2009
• Selected to run with Eamon Gilmore TD in Dun Laoghaire in the 2007 General Election
• Elected to Dublin City Council, 2004 for the Rathmines Electoral Area
• Secretary to Labour Party Constituency Council in Dublin South East, 2003
• Chairman of the Labour Lawyers Group, 1999-2001

Occupation:

• Barrister, specialising in Employment Law. Appointed Senior Counsel, October, 2008. Previously worked for the Law Reform Commission.

Memberships:

• Amnesty International
• Policy Network's Young Progressives
• Board member of Royal Hospital Donnybrook
• Board member of the Rathmines Pembroke Community Partnership
• Board member of Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Family Background:

• Oisín lives in Rathmines and is married to Elva Mulchrone. They have 3 children.

Birth Details:

• 7th December, 1968

Education:

• Studied Law in UCD (1989) and the University of London (1990) and qualified as a Barrister from the Kings Inns in 1992. Appointed as a Senior Counsel in 2008.

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