Brian Collins, Cllr. Kells Town Council       

Brian Collins at 33 years old is the youngest Councillor in the North Meath Area. He lives on the Cavan Road, Kells. He commutes daily to Dublin where he works in the Institute of Public Administration.

In the Local Elections 2004 Brian secured the second Labour Party seat on Kells Town Council for the first time in nineteen years. Brian is a member of Meath County Council's Special Policy Committee on the Environment a subject in which he is deeply interested.

Brian is also the Staff Representative on the Board of the IPA, the first person to be elected to a second term as a Workers Director. Brian is a former Secretary of Kells Tidy Towns and a former Chairperson of the Kells Environment Group.

He is presently Chairperson of the Kells Branch of the Labour Party and Chairperson of the Meath West Constituency Council.

He has recently declared his intention to seek the nomination of the Labour Party to contest the Meath West Constituency in the next General Election.

Constituency:
Meath West

Euro Electoral Region:
East

Electoral Status:
Brian is currently a Councillor on Kells Town Council.

Address:
Cavan Rd.
Kells
Co. Meath

Tel:
087-6829205

Email:
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Website:
http://www.labour.ie/briancollins

Political Career:

    * Candidate For Kells U.D.C. 1999
    * Director Of Elections - Meath 2002
    * Meath Constitiuency Secretary 2000-2003
    * Director Tom Johnson School 2003-2005
    * Chair Kells Labour Branch 1999-2005
    * Treasurer Of Labour Youth 2002
    * Labour Youth National Youth Committee 1996-2002
    * Meath Labour Youth Officer 1994-2000
    * Member Kells Town Council 2004-
    * Chair Meath West Constituency Council 2005

Occupation:

    * Senior Adminstrative Assistant IPA

Memberships:

    * Staff Representative on Board of I.PA. 2002-2005
    * Chairperson Kells Environment Group 2001-2003
    * Secretary Kells Tidy Towns Committee 1996-1999
    * Member of Arthritis Foundation Strategy Group 2004
    * Member of Jim Connell Committee 1999-2005
    * Vice Chair IMPACT State Enterprises Branch 1998-2000
    * Member of IMPACT 1997-2005
    * Navan Rugby Club
    * Member of Kells Resource Centre Management 2004-2005
    * Member Of Meath Environment SPC
    * Delegate to the AMAI

Other Interests:

    * Currently seeking the nomination of the Labour Party to contest the Meath West Constituency in the next general election.

Family Background:

    * Son of Louis (Formerly E.S.B.) and Maire, has seven siblings.

Birth Details:

    * Born November 1974

Education:

    * St. Colmcilles National School, Kells Community School, Letterkenny RTC, Currently Studying a B.A. in Public Administration