Tony Gregory (born December, 1947) is an Irish Independent politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Central. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 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. ... Dublin Central is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the heart of the capital city, Dublin. ...

Born in Dublin, Tony Gregory was educated by the Christian Brothers at O’Connell School and University College Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Gregory worked as a secondary school teacher in Coláiste Eoin, an Irish language secondary school in Stillorgan, where he taught history and french, before becoming involved in politics as a member of Dublin City Council in 1979. Gregory is a former member of Official Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Socialist Party. In 1982 he was elected to Dáil Éireann as an Independent TD. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Logo of the Christian Brothers, adopted in January 2006. ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath in Irish) refers to two different entities. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Workers Party of Ireland. ... Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist-Leninist and republican. ... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann (pronounced ) is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...

On his election in February 1982 he immediately achieved national prominence through the famous "Gregory Deal", which he negotiated with Fianna Fáil leader Charles Haughey. In return for supporting Haughey as Taoiseach, Gregory was guaranteed a massive cash injection for his inner-city Dublin constituency, an area beset by poverty and neglect. Although Gregory was reviled in certain quarters for effectively holding a government to ransom, his uncompromising commitment to the poor was widely admired. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; (traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though a literal translation is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland),[1] is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Link title Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Charles Haughey Charles James Haughey (Irish: ; 16 September 1925–13 June 2006) was the sixth Taoiseach of Ireland. ... The Taoiseach ( or [1]) — plural: Taoisigh ( or [1]) — or, more formally, An Taoiseach[2], is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet, the rough equivalent of a prime minister under the Westminster System. ...

Gregory has remained a TD ever since 1982 and, although he has never held a Cabinet position, remains one of the country's most recognised Dáil deputies.

External links

• Elections Ireland: Tony Gregory — electoral history from the electionsireland.org website