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Episode 66 Minister Malcolm Noonan's good news for nature in Ireland

Nov 22, 2022 · 24m 43s
Episode 66 Minister Malcolm Noonan's good news for nature in Ireland
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Today Mary is talking to Minister Malcolm Noonan. He is a TD representing the Carlow Kilkenny Constituency and was appointed Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in July...

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Today Mary is talking to Minister Malcolm Noonan.

He is a TD representing the Carlow Kilkenny Constituency and was appointed Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in July 2020.

First elected to Kilkenny Borough Council and Kilkenny County Council in 2004, he has served sixteen years in local government and was Mayor of Kilkenny in 2009; the first Green Party Mayor in the City’s long history. He served for a short time as Irish Delegate on the EU Committee of the Regions and Co-Chair of the All Island Nuclear Free Local Authorities Forum.

Malcolm’s background prior to entering electoral politics was in environmental and community activism, as a director and national coordinator with Friends of the Earth Ireland and involvement in community-based activism; biodiversity, climate action, mobility, disability advocacy, integration, Traveller development and mental health.

His professional work has spanned landscape gardening, suicide prevention and graphic design. He holds qualifications in industrial design and a BA(Hons) in Rural Development.

Contact Malcolm Noonan at
mos@housing.gov.ie

Contact Mary Bermingham at
mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ie

Check out Burren Nature Sanctuary at
www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie

Support the Nature Magic Podcast at
https://www.patreon.com/naturemagic

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