Eoin Ó Broin

Eoin Ó Broin ([ˈoːnʲ oː ˈbˠɾˠɪnʲ]; born 1972) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and writer who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2016 general election.[2]

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Eoin Ó Broin TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Dublin Mid-West
Personal details
Born	(1972-09-11) 11 September 1972 Cabinteely, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin
Spouse(s)	Lynn Boylan (m. 2008)[1]
Education	Blackrock College
Alma mater	University of East London Queen's University Belfast

Ó Broin is from Cabinteely, County Dublin. He was privately educated in Blackrock College. He holds a degree in Cultural Studies from the University of East London and an MA in Irish Politics from Queens University Belfast. Ó Broin was elected to Belfast City Council in 2001,[3] stepping down in 2004. He was the National Organiser of Ógra Shinn Féin between 1995 and 1997. He was Sinn Féin's Director of European Affairs co-ordinating his party's team in the European Parliament in Brussels, from 2004 to 2007. He is a former member of Sinn Féin's governing body[4] and a regular columnist with the republican newspaper An Phoblacht.[5]

He campaigned against the Treaty of Lisbon and spoke at the National Forum on Europe on behalf of Sinn Féin and the No 2 Lisbon campaign.

He is also a published writer. His first book, Matxinada - Basque Nationalism and Radical Basque Youth Movements was published in English in 2004 and in Spanish in 2005. His second book, Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism was published by Pluto Press in 2009 and the launch was held in Pearse Street Public Library on 16 February 2009.[6] Ó Broin is also the editor of Left Republican Review. As a freelance writer he has articles published in An Phoblacht, Magill, Village Magazine and The Irish Times.[7]

He was an unsuccessful Sinn Féin candidate for the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the 2007 general election.[8] He ran for Dublin Mid-West at the 2011 general election. He polled 5,060 votes being beaten to the last seat in the constituency by Derek Keating of Fine Gael. He subsequently declared his intention to run for the Seanad, and was defeated in his election campaign. In 2013, Ó Broin was co-opted by Sinn Féin onto South Dublin County Council to represent Clondalkin local electoral area, after sitting councillor Matthew McDonagh resigned his seat.[9] In the 2016 general election, he topped the poll in the Dublin Mid-West constituency and was elected.[10]

As of 2020, Ó Broin is Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Housing,[11] a role in which he is considered a policy expert.[12] In May 2019, he published a book entitled Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer which specifically addressed the issue of housing in Ireland. Home was generally well-received by critics in Ireland and is credited with bolstered the public's perception of both Sinn Féin and Ó Broin's credibility on housing.[13][14] Housing proved one of the key issues in the 2020 Irish general election and factored into Sinn Féin's significant gains in the voting.[12][15]

Personal life

Ó Broin is the partner of Lynn Boylan, a Sinn Féin Senator [16]

References

1. Holland, Kitty (27 February 2016). "Profile: Eoin Ó Broin (SF)". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
2. "Eoin Ó Broin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
3. "Belfast City Council, 1993 - 2011". ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
4. "Irish News". irishnews.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
5. "In defence of populism – Eoin Ó Broin answers 'Sunday Business Post' - An Phoblacht". anphoblacht.com. 3 January 2013.
6. "Sinn Féin and the politics of Left Republicanism, Eoin Ó Broin, Book Launch February 16th". The Cedar Lounge Revolution. 15 February 2009.
7. Eoin Ó Broin (16 June 2009). "SF must ask why it failed to 'close deal' with voters". The Irish Times.
8. "Eoin Ó Broin". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
9. "Eoin Ó Broin co-opted onto South Dublin County Council". sinnfein.ie. 14 October 2013.
10. "Constituency: Dublin Mid-West". Irish Independent. 27 February 2016.
11. "Eoin Ó Broin". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
12. Carswell, Simon (26 January 2020). "Why are Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil refusing to go into coalition with Sinn Féin?". IrishTimes.ie. Irish Times. Retrieved 11 February 2020. The party’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin is another of the Dáil’s best performers with a comprehensive understanding of his brief, another key area of focus for voters in this election.
13. Fahey, Tony. "Home. Why Public Housing Is the Answer – a fluent, serious book by Eoin Ó Broin". Irish Times. Irish Times. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
14. O'Doherty, Cahir. "Public housing answer to Ireland's crisis, argues new book". Irish Central. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
15. Rea, Ailbhe (5 February 2020). "The surge of Sinn Féin". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 February 2020. Ó Broin – along with the party leader Mary Lou McDonald; Pearse Doherty, the Sinn Féin finance spokesperson; and Louise O’Reilly, its spokesperson on health – has been a crucial player in the party’s recent gains.
16. "Senad Election results 2020".

External links

• Eoin Ó Broin's page on the Sinn Féin website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Robert Dowds Frances Fitzgerald Derek Keating Joanna Tuffy	Teachta Dála for Dublin Mid-West 2016–present With: John Curran (from 2016) Frances Fitzgerald (to 2019) Eoin Ó Broin (from 2016) Mark Ward *from 2019)	Incumbent