"no confidence" in O'Dea and declaring him to be "compromised". On 18 February 2010, O'Dea resigned as Minister for Defence. He ran for Dáil Éireann in Cork South-Central constituency at the 2011 general election, but failed to get elected. He stood as a candidate in the 2011 Seanad election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel but was not elected. He was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate for Cork City Council at the 2014 local elections. In May 2019, Boyle was elected to Cork City Council for the Cork South Central local electoral area. In November 2019, he sought to have further drive-thru restaurants banned in Cork. The Southern Star reported in October 2020 that Boyle was a voluntary board member of CHA, an Approved Housing Body (2020). He has also served as a board member of the Firkin Crane, the Crawford Art Gallery, Corcadorca Theatre Company, Terence MacSwiney Community College and the Lavitt Gallery. He was made a community representative on the Public Participation Network for Cork City Council. Boyle has served as Vice President of the National Youth Council of Ireland and Chair of NASC, the Irish Immigrant Support Agency. As of 2021, Boyle served on the Board of the Irish Council of Social Housing. Other work In 2011, he released a music album titled Third Adolescence. He has authored three books on political history - A Journey to Change (2006); Without Power of Glory (2012) and Making Up The Numbers (2017). He was later hired by the Wales Green Party in 2015, as their campaign manager for the 2016 Welsh Assembly election. In 2015, he was credited by the Irish Examiner as being the driving force behind the Green Foundation think tank. References 1962 births Living people Green Party (Ireland) TDs Green Party (Ireland) senators Local councillors in Cork (city) Members of the 23rd Seanad Members of the 29th Dáil Politicians from Chicago Politicians from County Cork You're a Star contestants People educated at Coláiste Chríost Rí Nominated members of Seanad Éireann Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology