Michael Moynihan (17 June 1917 – 27 June 2001) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister of State at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1982 to 1987. He served as a

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for the

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from 1973 to 1982 and as a

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for the Kerry South constituency from 1981 to 1987 and 1989 to 1992. Moynihan was born in

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, in 1917. He was a psychiatric nurse by profession. He was elected in 1973 to the

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as a Senator for the

, which re-elected him in 1977 to the

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. He was elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election, becoming the first ever Labour Party TD for Kerry South, and returned to the

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at the February 1982 general election. He was re-elected at the November 1982 general election, sitting in the

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. He served as

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at the Department of Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1982 to 1987. Moynihan was defeated at the 1987 general election, but returned at the 1989 general election to sit in the

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. He did not stand at the 1992 general election, when his seat was retained for the Labour Party by his daughter

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (''née'' Moynihan; born 31 March 1953) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1992 to 2007. She was born in Cork in 1953, but is a native of K ...

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1917 births 2001 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Politicians from County Kerry Members of the 13th Seanad Members of the 14th Seanad Members of the 22nd Dáil Members of the 23rd Dáil Members of the 24th Dáil Members of the 26th Dáil Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil Labour Party (Ireland) senators {{Ireland-senator-stub

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