Michael Moynihan (Kerry politician)
Michael Moynihan | |
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Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism | |
In office 14 December 1982 – 20 January 1987 | |
Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Teachta Dála | |
In office June 1989 – November 1992 | |
In office June 1981 – February 1987 | |
Constituency | Kerry South |
Senator | |
In office 1 March 1973 – 20 June 1981 | |
Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland | 17 June 1917
Died | 27 June 2001 Cork, Ireland | (aged 84)
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Labour Party |
Children | Breda |
Michael Moynihan (17 June 1917 – 27 June 2001) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1982 to 1987. He served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1973 to 1982 and as a Teachta Dála for the Kerry South constituency from 1981 to 1987 and 1989 to 1992.[1]
Moynihan was born in Kinsale, County Cork, in 1917. He was a psychiatric nurse by profession. He was elected in 1973 to the 13th Seanad as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel, which re-elected him in 1977 to the 14th Seanad.
He was elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election, becoming the first ever Labour Party TD for Kerry South, and returned to the 23rd Dáil at the February 1982 general election.[2] He was re-elected at the November 1982 general election, sitting in the 24th Dáil. He served as Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1982 to 1987.[citation needed]
Moynihan was defeated at the 1987 general election, but returned at the 1989 general election to sit in the 26th Dáil. He did not stand at the 1992 general election, when his seat was retained for the Labour Party by his daughter Breeda Moynihan-Cronin.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Michael Moynihan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Michael Moynihan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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