Mr Rock lost his seat in the constituency in 2020 and subsequently set up a lobbying company
Noel Rock has confirmed he is to go forward for a Fine Gael selection convention for the upcoming General Election.TD Noel Rock is making a bid to return to the Dáil as he announced he wants to run for the party in Dublin North-West in the looming general electionThis was later sold to Red Flag Consulting group where he became director of public affairs.
In 2016 he defied a poor Fine Gael showing in that election by winning a seat in the constituency that had not had a TD from the party in 20 years. Outgoing Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall is retiring from politics and academic Rory Hearne is in the race in an attempt to keep Ms Shortall’s seat for the party.
He said his “top priority is to ensure the creation of a Department of Infrastructure to focus on the big projects that Dublin desperately needs, including MetroLink and the extension of the Luas to Finglas which I advocated for throughout my time as a TD.”
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