Constituency Dublin Central Nationality Irish Spouse Emer Costello Role Teachta Dala | Succeeded by Office abolished Name Joe Costello Preceded by Jan O'Sullivan Political party Labour Party Party Labour Party | |
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Born 13 July 1945 (age 78)
Geevagh, County Sligo ( 1945-07-13 ) Office Member of Dail Eireann since 2002 Education University College Dublin, St Patrick's College, Maynooth Profiles | ||
Constituency Administrative Panel | ||
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Joe Costello (born 13 July 1945) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency and previously served as Minister of State for Trade and Development from December 2011 to July 2014.
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Costello was born in Geevagh, County Sligo and was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo, St Patrick's College, Maynooth and University College Dublin. He worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a full-time public representative.
He joined the Labour Party in 1985, and in 1989 he was elected to the 19th Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel. He remained there until the 1992 general election when he was elected to Dáil Éireann. Costello lost his seat at the 1997 general election but was subsequently elected to the Seanad again. Costello was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.
His wife Emer Costello is a former MEP for Dublin. He was director of elections for Michael D. Higgins during the 2011 presidential election.
On 20 December 2011, he was appointed as Minister of State for Trade and Development, a position he served in until 15 July 2014. He was dropped as a Minister of State in a reshuffle in July 2014. He was then appointed to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.
He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.