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List Of Members Of The European Parliament For Ireland, 1984–1989
This is a list of the 15 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 1984 European Parliament election. They served in the 1984 to 1989 session. List †Replaced during term, see table below for details. Changes See also * List of members of the European Parliament, 1984–1989 – List by country External linksElectionsIreland.org – 1984 European Parliament (Ireland) election results {{DEFAULTSORT:List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1984-89 1984-89 |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delegates. They may also be known as observers when a new country is seekin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lalor
Patrick Joseph Lalor (19 July 1926 – 29 July 2016) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former hurling player for Laois GAA, Laois. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency), Laois–Offaly between 1961 and 1981, and a government minister on two separate occasions during the 19th Dáil. He later represented Leinster (European Parliament constituency), Leinster in the European Parliament from 1979 to 1994. Hurling career Lalor was a member of the Laois GAA, Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1949. The team went on to compete in the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final but lost to Tipperary GAA, Tipperary. Later that year he helped his club Abbeyleix GAA, Abbeyleix to win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship. Between 1953 and 1956, Lalor was county secretary of Laois GAA. He played gaelic football, football and hurling for his club and county for many years and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In The Republic Of Ireland
Events from the year 1984 in Ireland. Incumbents * President: Patrick Hillery * Taoiseach: Garret FitzGerald ( FG) * Tánaiste: Dick Spring ( Lab) * Minister for Finance: Alan Dukes ( FG) * Chief Justice: Tom O'Higgins * Dáil: 24th * Seanad: 17th Events *1 January – ** Department of Posts and Telegraphs split into An Post and Telecom Éireann. ** Galway City began celebrations marking its mayoral status granted by King Richard III in 1484. *10 January – Seán MacEntee, founder member of Fianna Fáil and former Tánaiste, died aged 94. He was the last surviving member of the First Dáil. *31 January – Ann Lovett, aged 15, died after giving birth to a baby boy in a grotto in Granard, County Longford. Reporting of this incident on ''The Gay Byrne Show'' uncovered many stories from listeners of rape, abortion and sexual abuse. *14 March – Sinn Féin Member of Parliament, MP Gerry Adams was shot and wounded in Belfast. *2 May – the New Ireland Forum published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
