Tomás Breathnach, Cllr - Biography

Constituency:
Carlow / Kilkenny

Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland East

Electoral Status:
Tomás is currently a Councillor on Kilkenny County Council.

Address:
Forge Road
Narabane
Kilmacow
Co. Kilkenny

Tel:
051-885483
086-0704114

Email:
breathnachtomas@eircom.net

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

Political Career:

  • Joined Labour Party in 1979
  • Co-opted to Kilkenny County Council, Jan 1999
  • Elected to Kilkenny County Council, June 2004
  • Elected Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council, June 2008
  • Re-Elected to Kilkenny County Council, June 2009

Occupation:

  • Secondary School Teacher

Memberships:

  • Member of Strategic Policy Committee on Community & Social Policy, Arts, Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Education
  • Member of County Kilkenny Joint Policing Committee
  • Director of Barrow, Nore & Suir Rural Development Ltd.
  • Director of Kilkenny Leader Partnership
  • Director of Carlow, Kilkenny & South Tipperary Rural Transport Company (Trading as Ring a Link)
  • Member of County Kilkenny Drugs Task Force
  • Member of South East Regional Authority
  • Vice Chairman of Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly
  • Member of Confederation of Community Groups of South Kilkenny
  • Founder member of the Confederation of Community Groups of South Kilkenny and Chairman from 2000 to 2006

Other Interests:

  • Chairman of Kilmacow Parish Old Graveyards Committee.
  • Chairman of Kilmacow Hospice Support Group

Family Background:

  • Married

Birth Details:

  • August 1955

Education:

  • De La Salle College, Waterford
  • B.Comm, HDE University College Cork


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