(1957-01-17) 17 January 1957 (age 67) Cork, Ireland
Political party
Fine Gael
Spouse
Mary McCaffrey
(m. 1988)
Alma mater
University College Cork
Colm Burke (born 17 January 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central since the 2020 general election and has served as Minister of State at the Department of Health since 2024. He served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2011 to 2020, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2007 to 2009 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 2003 to 2004.[1]
He was a member of the European Parliament for the South constituency in Ireland between 2007 and 2009.[2] He was appointed in June 2007, following the re-election of the outgoing MEP Simon Coveney to Dáil Éireann. Following the abolition of the dual mandate, Coveney opted to remain in national politics and resigned from the European Parliament. Burke subsequently sat as a Fine Gael and European People's Party MEP. He served on various European Parliament committees including Committee on Foreign Affairs, Internal Market & Consumer Protection (Substitute), Committee on Fisheries (Substitute Member) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (Substitute Member). Burke lost his seat at the 2009 European Parliament election, with Fine Gael party colleague Seán Kelly taking a seat instead.[3]
Burke was a member of Cork City Council from 1999 to 2007 and served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 2003 to 2004.[4] He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011 and re-elected in 2016. He was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Health.
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2019 Cork North-Central by-election.[5][6] He was elected for the Cork North-Central constituency at the 2020 general election.[7] During the campaign, the windows of his constituency office were smashed and posters were taken.[8]
On 10 April 2024, Burke was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health following the appointment of Simon Harris as Taoiseach.[9]
^"Colm Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^"Colm Burke". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
^"FG's Sean Kelly takes second seat in Ireland South". Irish Independent. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^"Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^Roche, Barry (30 November 2019). "Cork North-Central byelection: Pádraig O'Sullivan holds seat for FF". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^"Cork North-Central". The Irish Times. Dublin. 30 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^Roche, Barry (10 February 2020). "Cork North-Central results: Fine Gael's Colm Burke elected on 14th count". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^"'It's been a tough week' – Fine Gael candidate Colm Burke opens up after bricks fired through window of his Cork office". Extra.ie. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^"Dillon, Higgins and Burke appointed as junior ministers". RTÉ News. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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