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Local Councillors in County Kerry: John O'donoghue |
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English |
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Paperback |
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40 |
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2010-05-31 |
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1156185262 |
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Books LLC |
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0.16 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.08 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John O'Donoghue (born 28 May 1956) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency. He is a former Ceann Comhairle (chairman) of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas. He resigned as Ceann Comhairle on 13 October 2009 due to controversy about his expense claims. He previously served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism (20022007) and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (19972002). John O'Donoghue was born in Cahirciveen, County Kerry in 1956. He was educated locally at Cahirciveen CBS and later attended University College Cork (UCC) where he studied law. He graduated from UCC in 1976 with a BCL (Hons) and in 1977 with a LLB (Hons). O'Donoghue later attended the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland from where he graduated as a solicitor in 1978. Once qualified he practised as a solicitor in his home town of Cahirciveen before entering political life. O'Donoghue is married to Kate Ann Murphy and they have two sons and one daughter. He has a godson called Michael O'Donoghue. His father-in-law, Michael Pat Murphy, was a Labour Party TD for Cork South West from 1951 until 1981. O'Donoghue first became involved in politics in the early 1980s. He first ran for the Dáil as a Fianna Fáil candidate at the 1981 general election, however, in spite of polling over 3,700 he failed to be elected. O'Donoghue contested both the February and November general elections in 1982 but, although he increased his vote, he still failed to be elected. Building on his electoral profile O'Donoghue was elected to Kerry County Council in the 1985 local elections. Both his mother and his father had served on the Council before him. He served on that authority until 1997 and was elected chairman i... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=316165
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