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Encyclopedia > Dún Laoghaire (constituency)
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The Dún Laoghaire parliamentary constituency is located in the south-western area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 91,522 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. County Dublin map with inset location on island of Ireland. ... Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 ( Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is a county in the Republic of Ireland which forms part of the now historical county of Dublin. ... Dublin (Irish Áth Cliath, also referred to as Greater Dublin) is the area that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland; and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. ... TD or td may stand for: Chad, ISO country code tank destroyer Teachta Dála (TD), Member of lower house of Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann Territorial Decoration, awarded for twelve years service in the British Territorial Army touchdown Toronto-Dominion Bank and TD Bank Financial Group Tower Defense tracking dog trust... The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...


One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is the current Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin. Fiona O'Malley, the daughter of Desmond O'Malley is also a newly-elected TD for the area. The Minister for Education & Science is the chief person at the Department of Education & Science is engaged in a wide range of activities covering pllicy planning, quality assurance and providing a broad range of services for education in the Republic of Ireland. ... Mary Hanafin (born June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Education & Science. ... Desmond (Dessie) Joseph OMalley (born February 2, 1939), was a senior Fianna Fáil politician, the founder of the Progressive Democrats and the partys first leader (1985-1993). ...


Irish General Election, 2002

The following candidates were elected to Dáil Éireann following the general election in 2002: The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ... Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland1. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Candidate Party 1st Pref Count
Mary Hanafin Fianna Fáil 8,818 4
Eamon Gilmore Labour Party 8,271 11
Barry Andrews Fianna Fáil 7,425 11
Fiona O'Malley Progressive Democrats 7,166 11
Ciarán Cuffe Green Party/Comhaontas Glas 5,002 -

Mary Hanafin (born June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Education & Science. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Eamon Gilmore (born 1955) is an Irish Labour Party politician. ... The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Barry Andrews could be Barry Andrews the musician Barry Andrews the Irish politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Fiona OMalley is an Irish politician. ... The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ... Ciarán Cuffe (born 1963) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas) was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ...

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