Ruairí Ó Murchú

Ruairí Ó Murchú
Ó Murchú in 2021
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyLouth
Personal details
Born (1978-05-03) 3 May 1978
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseAnnemarie Ó Murchú
Children3
Alma mater

Ruairí Ó Murchú (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɾˠuəɾʲiː ˈmˠʊɾˠəxuː]; born 3 May 1978) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2020 general election.

He was a member of Louth County Council representing the Dundalk South local electoral area from 2017 to 2020, having been co-opted to replace Kevin Meenan who had stood down for personal reasons. Ó Murchú was re-elected to Louth County Council in 2019. Having resigned his seat on the Council in accordance with the Dual Mandate in 2020, Meenan was co-opted back to his former seat.