Jim D'Arcy

Jim D'Arcy (born 20 July 1954) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.

He was elected to Louth County Council in 1999 for the Dundalk South electoral area, and to Dundalk Town Council in 2004 for the Dundalk South area, serving on both bodies until 2011. In May 2011, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad. He had been an unsuccessful candidate in the Louth constituency at the 2007 general election. He was subsequently described as the Taoiseach's Northern Advisor and held a direct liaison link with the Shared Ireland Unit previously established by the Tánaiste, Micheál Martin, and represented the Irish government on the Council of Europe.

During the 2024 local elections in Louth he was the Fine Gael director of elections and was re-appointed for the next general election campaign in the Louth constituency.