Michael Moynihan (born 12 January 1968) is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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(TD) for the Cork North-West constituency since the 1997 general election. Moynihan was born in

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in 1968, but is a native of

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. He was educated locally at

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, which is located in the village of

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, five miles from Kiskeam. A

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by profession, he first became involved in national politics in 1997, when he was elected at the 1997 general election to

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as a Fianna Fáil TD. Moynihan's election caused somewhat of a shock because he succeeded in unseating sitting

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TD Frank Crowley, in what had been one of Fine Gael's strongest constituencies, where they had held more seats than

. At the 1997 general election, another candidate, Donal Howard, gained votes in the Kanturk, Banteer, and Kilcorney areas of the constituency; this reduced the share of votes obtained by Frank Crowley, and contributed to his loss of his seat. Moynihan was Chairman of the

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Joint Committee on Education and Science from 2004 to 2007. He served as chairman of

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, the youth wing of the party, until 2005. He topped the poll at the 2002 general election and was re-elected at the

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and

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general elections. He has served as the Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Agriculture and Food from 2011 to 2012, Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2012 to 2016 and

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from 2016 to 2020.

References

External links

Michael Moynihan's page on the Fianna Fáil website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moynihan, Michael 1968 births Living people Fianna Fáil TDs Irish farmers Members of the 28th Dáil Members of the 29th Dáil Members of the 30th Dáil Members of the 31st Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil Members of the 33rd Dáil Politicians from County Cork Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology