Cllr Peter Stapleton

Peter lives in Tinahely, Co. Wicklow. His strong ties to the area go back to the early 1900s through Duffy’s of Hacketstown, a business founded by his great-grandfather. Its meat processing, distribution, retail, and animal feed business’ was at the centre of the region’s agri-business and positively impacted many lives in the area for decades. Although the business is no longer in operation, the importance of agriculture and enterprise to all in South and West Wicklow was instilled in him from a young age and remain core policy interests.

Peter’s educational journey includes a first-class degree in Business and Law from UCD, after which he trained as a chartered accountant. Like much of Ireland’s youth today, Peter spent time abroad, in London, where his work focused on investments in the renewable energy, healthcare and education industries. Peter returned to Ireland to manage his family’s, Wicklow-based, interior landscaping business.