Barry Andrews (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barry Andrews (politician)

Irish aid worker and former politician

Date of Birth: 16-May-1967

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: politician, high school teacher

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Barry Andrews (born 16 May 1967) is an Irish politician who is due to serve as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
He is a member of Fianna Fáil, part of Renew Europe.
He previously served as Minister of State for Children from 2008 to 2011.
He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2002 to 2011.The Andrews family have a long connection with Fianna Fáil, and are described as “Fianna Fáil royalty”.
Before entering political life, Andrews was a secondary school teacher.
He was the Director-General of the Dublin-based Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a partly Irish State-funded EU think tank, since 2017.
He was CEO of GOAL from 2012 to 2016, during which the agency grew from a turnover of €60m to more than €150m.
He announced his resignation to allow for ‘a fresh start in terms of leadership’ in October 2016 in the wake of a fraud in the charity that was discovered in March 2016.