Alan Farrell (born in Dublin, 1977) is an Irish politician with Fine Gael, the 2nd largest political party in Ireland. He was educated locally at Scoil Iosa, Malahide, Chanel College, Dublin and later attended Waterford Institute of Technology where he studied Marketing & Languages. He has been Councillor since 2004 with Fingal County Council having been elected after a short campaign. Farrell was elected with 8.2% of the vote following heavy transfers from across all parties. He sought the Fine Gael party candidacy in the Irish general election, 2007 but was unsuccessful.