Garret Ahearn

Senator
Garret Ahearn
Senator Garret Ahearn
Senator
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 June 2020
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Personal details
Born	1980 or 1981 (age 43–44); Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Laura Whelan
Children	2
Parent	Theresa Ahearn (mother);

Garret Ahearn (born 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He is Vice Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party. He is the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade. He is Vice Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade & Employment.

Prior to becoming a Senator, he was a member of Tipperary County Council from 2019 to 2020. John Fitzgerald was co-opted to Ahearn's seat on Tipperary County Council following his election to the Seanad. He was Mayor of Clonmel from 2019 to 2020.

He unsuccessfully contested the Tipperary constituency at the 2020 general election.

He is the son of Theresa Ahearn, who served as a Fine Gael TD for the Tipperary South constituency from 1989 to 2000.

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