Joe McHugh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joe McHugh
Occupation	Teachta Dála
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1971(1971-07-16)
Age	53
Birthplace	Carrigart
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Donegal
Horoscope	Cancer

Joe McHugh Biography

Joe McHugh is one of the most popular and richest Teachta Dála who was born on July 16, 1971 in Carrigart, County Donegal, Ireland.

Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Education and Skills since October 2018. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He previously served as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands from 2017 to 2018, Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development from 2016 to 2017 and Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 and 2007.

Selected by Fine Gael to run for a Donegal County Council seat in the Milford local electoral area, McHugh was elected on 11 June 1999. In 2001, he introduced a motion to establish a youth council for the county, which led to the formation of the Donegal Youth Council, the first democratically elected youth forum in Ireland. He also worked closely with Young Fine Gael, helping to establish the first branch in the county in March 2004. While a member of the council, he was appointed chairman of the cross-border body ERNACT (European Region Network for the Application of Communications Technology), where he made the provision of broadband in border areas a priority.

Joe McHugh Net Worth

Joe McHugh is one of the richest Teachta Dála from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joe McHugh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Carrigart, County Donegal, in 1971. McHugh was educated at Umlagh National School and the Loreto Convent, Milford. He attended the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, where he received an honours degree in economics and sociology, and a higher diploma in education. A keen sportsman, McHugh has been a member of the Carrigart Boxing Club, has played soccer in the Donegal League with Cranford F.C. and Bonagee United F.C., and has also been a Gaelic footballer. McHugh taught geography and mathematics at the Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he taught A-level economics in Dubai, during which time he helped establish the first GAA club in the United Arab Emirates. In 1996, he returned to Ireland and became a youth worker in the Ballyboe area of Letterkenny.

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In January 2011, McHugh called for a monument, funded by the government, in Donegal, dedicated to the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1912. McHugh was criticised by Eileen Doherty, a sister of Donegal County Councillor Eddie Fullerton, who was assassinated by loyalists in 1991. Doherty claimed McHugh and other Fine Gael councillors in Donegal had snubbed a number of commemorative events and opposed the building of a monument in Fullerton’s memory in Buncrana. Fullerton was the third elected official in the Republic of Ireland to be assassinated.

Facts & Trivia

Vangelis Ranked on the list of most popular Teachta Dála. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Joe McHugh celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.

At the 2016 general election, after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, McHugh was elected to the new five-seater Donegal constituency on the 11th count.