Biography
Malcolm Noonan
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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Malcolm Noonan is a TD representing the Carlow Kilkenny Constituency. He was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform in July 2020.
First elected to Kilkenny Borough Council and Kilkenny County Council in 2004, he has served sixteen years in local government and was Mayor of Kilkenny in 2009; the first Green Party Mayor in the City’s long history. He served for a short time as Irish Delegate on the EU Committee of the Regions and Co-Chair of the All Island Nuclear Free Local Authorities Forum.
Malcolm’s background prior to entering electoral politics was in environmental and community activism, as a director and national coordinator with Friends of the Earth Ireland and involvement in community-based activism; biodiversity, climate action, mobility, disability advocacy, integration, Traveller development and mental health.
His professional work has spanned landscape gardening, suicide prevention and graphic design. He holds qualifications in industrial design and a BA(Hons) in Rural Development. Malcolm is currently studying towards an MA in International Development in NUIM.
You can contact Minister of State Noonan at MOS@housing.gov.ie