constituency birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title name
cork south -- west castletownbere , county cork irish fine gael teachta dála 24 december 1970 february 2011 noel harrington
 noel harrington
noel harrington

noel harrington -lrb- born 24 december 1970 -rrb- is an irish fine gael politician .
he was elected as a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the cork south -- west constituency at the 2011 general election .
he was a member of cork county council for the bantry electoral area from 1999 to 2011 .
between his election to the dáil at the february 2011 general election and the last day of december 2011 , the fine gael td claimed expenses of $ 53,714 .
this was the highest expenses claim by any td in this period and was nearly $ 1,000 more than his nearest rival .
