Duncan Smith, Cllr - Biography

Constituency:
Dublin Fingal

Euro Electoral Region:
Dublin

Electoral Status:
Duncan is currently a Councillor on Fingal County Council.

Home Address
Castleview Close,
Swords
Co Dublin

Tel
087 9862686

Email
duncansmithfingal@gmail.com

Political Career:

• Joined the Labour Party in late 2008
• Director of Elections for Brendan Ryan 2011
• Dublin Fingal Director of Elections for Presidential, European and by-elections since 2011
• Elected to Fingal County Council, June 2014

Occupation:

• Parliamentary Assistant & PhD Student

Memberships:

• Committee Member Castleview Residents Association, Swords
• Executive Member Fingal Community and Voluntary Forum
• Community Representative on the Swords Community Policing Forum
• Broadmeadows Community Garden
• North Dublin Regional Drugs Task Force.

Other Interests:

• Previously worked as an adviser to the Disarmament Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2009 – 2010. This role culminated in my work as an adviser to the Ireland Delegation at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in the United Nations, New York in May 2010.
• Also participated on the Tim Parry Scholarship for Peace in Warrington and Belfast and has participated on a number of foreign cultural and educational exchanges.

Birth Details:

• May 17th,1983

Education:

• Attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School 1995-2001 (Headboy 2001)
• Bachelor of Business Studies Degree, 2004, Dublin City University.
• Masters Degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution, 2006, Dublin City University
• PhD International Security and the politics of nuclear weapons. ongoing

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