David Molony (23rd August 1950 – 4th September 2002) was an Irish Fine Gael Party Senator and TD. (Redirected from 23rd August) August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicised to ) (approximate English translation: Family or Tribe of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Dail (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership... Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...

Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, he qualified as a lawyer and in the 1970s he worked with FLAC, a voluntary group providing free legal aid, eventually became FLAC's chairperson. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: North: Nenagh South: Clonmel Code: North: TN South: TS Area: 4,303 km² Population (2006) 149,040[[1]] County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, and situated in the province of Munster. ...

In 1977, he was elected to the 14th Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel. At the 1981 general election he was returned to the 22nd Dáil as TD for Tipperary North, and he was re-elected at the 1982 and November 1982 general elections. He supported the 1986 refrendum to amend the Constitution of Ireland to permit divorce, and was denounced by priests in his constituency.[1] The Cultural and Educational Panel is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland). ... The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ... This is a list of the members who were elected to the 22nd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Tipperary North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of February 1982 was held on February 18, 1982, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 27. ... The Irish general election of November 1982 was held on November 24, 1982, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 4. ... The Constitution of Ireland is the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland. ...

Molony did not contest the 1987 general election, and retired from political office to coninue his law practice ans to run his family's business in Thurles. However, he remained involved in politics and was a director elections for local Fine Gael candidates at the 2002 general election. The Irish general election of 1987 was held on February 17, 1987, four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 20. ... 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. ...

In the Dáil tributes to Molony after his death in 2002 at the age of 52, TDs from all parties agreed that he was a man of unusual talent, who could have risen to the top of the political system. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• Dáil Éireann: Expressions of Sympathy. of the death of David Molony (9th October 2002)
• Seanad Éireann: Expressions of Sympathy. on the death of David Molony (12th Septemberber 2002)
• David Molony's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database