Brian Leddin

Brian Leddin
Brian Leddin; TD
	Leddin in 2020
Chair of the Committee on Climate Action
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 September 2020
Preceded by	Hildegarde Naughton
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 2020
Constituency	Limerick City
Personal details
Born	Limerick, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Green Party
Alma mater	University of Limerick; Loughborough University;

Brian Leddin is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2020 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Climate Action in September 2020.[1]

In the 2019 local elections, he became the Green Party's first-ever Limerick City and County Councillor, and his election as a TD in February 2020 made him Limerick's first-ever Green Party TD. Saša Novak Uí Chonchúir was co-opted to Leddin's seat on Limerick City and County Council following his election to the Dáil.

Leddin's mother Kathleen is a former Mayor of Limerick and an Fine Gael member of Limerick City Council and his father Tim was also Mayor of Limerick and also a Fine Gael member of Limerick City Council.[2]

References

"Brian Leddin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
Raleigh, David (10 February 2020). "Long standing Labour deputy Jan O'Sullivan loses seat as Brian Leddin becomes first ever Limerick Green Party TD". Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

Green Party profile

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[oireachtas_db-1] "Brian Leddin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[2] Raleigh, David (10 February 2020). "Long standing Labour deputy Jan O'Sullivan loses seat as Brian Leddin becomes first ever Limerick Green Party TD". Retrieved 10 February 2020.