Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠəxə oː ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə]; born 8 February 1989) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since the 2016 general election.

As a youth, he was a member of the local Scouting Ireland group, the 37th Cork (Togher),[citation needed] before going on to be an adult volunteer in the Scout group in The Lough.

[2] He attended University College Cork (UCC) and graduated with a law degree.

He then worked as a parliamentary assistant for Sinn Féin politicians David Cullinane, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh and Sandra McLellan.

[3] While working as McLellan's parliamentary assistant, he ran in the 2014 Cork County Council election, and was elected, serving as a member of Cork County Council from 2014 to 2016.