Paddy Bourke (politician)

Patrick Bourke is an Irish Independent politician.

Paddy Bourke
Bourke in 2008
Dublin City Councillor
In office 2014–2019
Constituency	Beaumont-Donaghmede
In office 2009–2014
Constituency	Artane-Whitehall
In office 2004–2009
In office 1991–1999
Constituency	Artane
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office June 2007 – June 2008
Preceded by	Vincent Jackson
Succeeded by	Eibhlin Byrne
Personal details
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Labour Party (until 2013)

He was elected as a Labour Party councillor for the Artane area in 1991.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Seanad in 1997. He lost his seat at the 1999 local elections but was re-elected at the 2004 local elections.

He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2007 to 2008.[2] He resigned from the Labour Party in 2013 because of concerns about the government budget.[3] He was re-elected as an independent councillor for the Beaumont-Donaghmede area in 2014.[1]

Bourke has been reappointed to the Commissioners of Irish Lights having been first appointed in 2007, and again in 2009–2014. He is chairperson of the City of Dublin Education Training Board and a member of the governing body of DIT. He also serves as a member of the Midland and Eastern Regional Assembly and is a reserved member of the Education and Training Boards Ireland.,[4] chairing the Board of Colaiste Dhulaigh College of Further Education and Marino College.

Bourke lost his seat on Dublin City council in the 2019 council election.