Richard Boyd Barrett (born November 1967) is an Irish politician who is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency.
Boyd Barrett is a former member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, and chair of the Irish Anti-War Movement and on multiple occasions has been cited on war issues in the Irish media. He opposes the Iraq War and helped organise protests against it in 2003, amid concerns that the war would lead to thousands of unnecessary deaths. Domestically, he has campaigned to reverse job losses, supported the Rossport Five and voiced opposition to Ireland's bank-bail outs and the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) among other issues.
Boyd Barrett was elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2011 general election. He is known for, what the The Irish Times described as, his "consistently passionate outrage and opposition to the Government's handling of the financial and banking crisis."
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