John Lyons (Dublin politician)

John Lyons (born 3 June 1977) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1][2]

This article is about the former Labour Party (Ireland) politician. For the Independent Left politician of the same name, see Independent Left (Ireland).
John Lyons
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
ConstituencyDublin North-West
Personal details
Born (1977-06-03) 3 June 1977
Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyLabour Party
Alma mater

A son of John and Josie Lyons, he attended Trinity Comprehensive (then known as Ballymun Comprehensive).[3]

He studied at Maynooth University, gaining a BA and HDip, subsequently he studied special education at Trinity College Dublin.[4]

He is openly gay and was one of the first two openly LGBT members of Dáil Éireann, along with Meath East's Dominic Hannigan.[5]

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[2]

References
  1. "John Lyons". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. "John Lyons". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  3. "Mum of Labour TD John Lyons recalls the moment he told her he was gay: 'John had just been to three debs in a month.... I thought he'd got a girl pregnant'". Irish Independent. 19 May 2015.
  4. "Meet your 76 new TDs". RTÉ News. 9 March 2011.
  5. "First openly gay TDs are proud to blaze a trail". Evening Herald. 1 March 2011.
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Pat Carey
(Fianna Fáil)		 Labour Party Teachta Dála for Dublin North-West
2011–2016		 Succeeded by
Noel Rock
(Fine Gael)
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