Jim O'Callaghan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish politician
Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1968
Place of Birth: Foxrock, Dublin Region, Ireland
Profession: politician
Nationality: Ireland
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
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About Jim O'Callaghan
- Jim O'Callaghan (born 5 January 1968) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since 2016.
- He was a member of Dublin City Council from 2009 to 2016.
- He unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in the 2007 general election in Dublin South-East.O'Callaghan holds degrees in law and criminology from University College Dublin, Cambridge University and King's Inn.
- A barrister by profession, O'Callaghan has served as Legal Adviser to the Fianna Fáil Party since January 2011.
- He became a senior counsel in 2008.
- He has represented many high-profile clients in defamation cases, including Louis Walsh, Julia Kushnir, Gerry Kelly MLA, Ivan Yates, Jim Higgins, Denis O'Brien, Justin Timberlake, Rosanna Davison and Tulisa Contostavlos.
- He has also appeared in two of Ireland's largest commercial court disputes: Fyffes v DCC and Menolly Homes v Irish Asphalt Limited. He played rugby at a senior level, representing UCD, Cambridge University, London Irish, Wanderers, Leinster and Connacht.
- He was also capped for Ireland at under-21 level. He is also a brother of Irish television personality Miriam O'Callaghan.He represented Fianna Fáil in talks on government formation in 2016.
- Early on 9 April 2016, O'Callaghan's home hosted a covert meeting between O'Callaghan, Leo Varadkar, Deirdre Gillane (chief adviser of Micheál Martin) and Andrew McDowell (a policy adviser of Enda Kenny).
- It lasted for more than an hour.On 19 May 2016, he was appointed as Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Justice and Equality.
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