Derek Nolan Politician

Derek Nolan (born October 1982) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency at the 2011 general election.Nolan attended Saint Michael's Boys' School, Mervue, and St. Mary's College, Galway. He won a seat on Galway City Council in June 2009, aged 26. He was a trainee solicitor when he contested the 2011 general election. He was nominated to succeed Labour Party president Michael D. Higgins in the election to Dáil Éireann, topping the poll in Galway West as a first time candidate. He is a member of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.