Irish politician (born 1978/1979)
Sorca Clarke (born 1978/1979) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since the 2020 general election .[2] She was elected on the first count and is the first Sinn Féin TD to serve the constituency since Ruairí Ó Brádaigh in 1957.[3]
Political career
Clarke joined Sinn Féin in 2004[4] and first ran for office in 2009 when she unsuccessfully stood in the 2009 Irish local elections for Mullingar West in County Westmeath .[5] She succeeded in her next attempt and became a member of Westmeath County Council at the 2014 local elections .[5] She lost her seat on the council in the 2019 elections , placing just 9th out of 14 candidates , but became a Teachta Dála in 2020 as part of Sinn Féin's surge that year, topping the poll in her constituency.[6]
Early and personal life
Clarke is from Artane, Dublin . She moved to Mullingar with her husband, Darren Caulfield, in 2005 where they run a security business together[4] [7] They have four children, including one with autism.
Clarke's grandfather was a member of the Irish Republican Army and was interned in the Curragh Camp for membership of a proscribed organisation. In his later years, he joined Sinn Féin the Workers' Party following the 1969 split.[4]
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