A Newmarket-on-Fergus man has been appointed as the political assistant to a Kildare Senator.

David Griffin (25) has taken on the role this week where he will be working with Senator Fiona Oโ€™Loughlin (FF).

โ€œTo have an office on the same corridor as Senator Dooley in Leinster House is quite surreal,โ€ David told The Clare Echo.

He believed the new role represented a โ€œfantastic opportunityโ€. The Vice Chairman of Clare ร“gra Fianna Fรกil added, โ€œI am really looking forward to getting stuck in and supporting Senator O’Loughlin as she pushes forward a progressive agenda, especially in the areas ofeducation and womenโ€™s healthโ€.

In February of this year, the St Caiminโ€™s Community School past pupil tabled a motion of behalf of Clare ร“gra at the National ร“gra Council calling on the Irish Government to expand the eligibility of child benefit for those in receipt of it.

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