Garret Ahearn
Garret Ahearn | |
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Ahearn in 2025 | |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2020 | |
| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| Tipperary County Councillor | |
| In office May 2019 – April 2020 | |
| Constituency | Clonmel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 45–46) Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse | Laura Whelan |
| Children | 2 |
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Garret Ahearn (born 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020. He was vice-chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party until March 2025. He is Seanad Government chief whip. He is Fine Gael Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs. He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Enterprise and Trade until March 2025. He was vice-chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment until November 2024.
Prior to becoming a senator, he was a member of Tipperary County Council from 2019 to 2020. 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.