
Irish senator at Seanad Eireann, 2014 European Young Leader
Malcolm is an Irish senator at Seanad Eireann. He was previously Head of Communications and Public Affairs with the Higher Education Authority, the statutory agency in Ireland that allocates public funding to higher education and advises government on higher education and research policy. A graduate in law and in arbitration from University College Dublin, he has worked for various lobbying and representative organisations, as well as having been the first commercial manager with myhome.ie, Ireland’s most successful property website. He is a member of Wexford County Council for the centrist Fianna Fáil party and Mayor of Gorey. He is part of the 2014 group of European Young Leaders. He has been awarded scholarships to study the Canadian and Australian higher education systems. This October, in Dublin, he hopes to complete his 30th marathon.