Colm Burke (born 17 January 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central since the 2020 general election.
He served as Minister of State at the Department of Health from 2024 to 2025, a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2011 to 2020, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2007 to 2009 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 2003 to 2004.
Following the abolition of the dual mandate, Coveney opted to remain in national politics and resigned from the European Parliament.
Burke subsequently sat as a Fine Gael and European People's Party MEP.
[9] In July 2024, Burke, who had voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment in 2018, reported that he had been denied Holy Communion and informed that he was excommunicated during a funeral mass for a fellow Fine Gael member.