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Donegal North-East (Dáil Constituency)
Donegal North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1961 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). History The constituency was first created for the 1961 general election, taking in parts of the abolished Donegal East constituency. It lasted until 1977, when it was abolished and became part of a new Donegal constituency, and was then recreated for the 1981 general election. It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and again became part of the re-created Donegal constituency. Boundaries The constituency was located in the northern part of County Donegal. It encompassed the Letterkenny, Milford and Inishowen electoral areas of Donegal County Council. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáil Constituencies
There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 Teachta Dála, TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Republic of Ireland, Ireland's parliament, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV), to a maximum term of five years. The configuration of constituencies was amended by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, which were in operation for the 2024 Irish general election, 2024 general election. Electoral law Article 16.2 of the Constitution of Ireland outlines the requirements for constituencies. The total number of TDs is to be no more than one TD representing twenty thousand and no less than one TD representing thirty thousand of the population, and the ratio should be the same in each constituency, as far as practicable, avoiding Apportionment (politics)#Malapportionment, malapportionment. Under the Constitution, constituencies are to be revised at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal County Council
Donegal County Council () is the authority responsible for Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and natural environment, environment. It has 37 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (local government), Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief executive (Irish local government), chief executive, John McLaughlin. The county town is Lifford. History Donegal County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Donegal, succeeding the former judicial county of Donegal. Donegal County Council, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (; born 12 June 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2016 to 2020. Early and personal life Mac Lochlainn was born in Leeds, England, on 12 June 1973. The son of two Irish parents, Réamonn and Mary Mac Lochlainn. He is their only child. His father was a Provisional IRA volunteer who spent nine and a half years imprisoned in jails across England. After his release in 1984, his father wrote a book about his prison experience called "Inside an English Jail", which was published posthumously in 1987 under the name of Raymond McLaughlin. Mary Mac Lochlainn was raised in an Irish Traveller family. He was raised by his mother and grandmother for the duration of his father's imprisonment, and described them as "tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie McConalogue
Charles McConalogue (born 29 October 1977) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport since January 2025. He previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from September 2020 to January 2025 and Minister of State at the Department of Justice from July 2020 to September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2016 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. Early life McConalogue has a degree in economics, politics and history from University College Dublin (UCD), which he completed after a year as Education Officer in the UCD Students' Union. After graduation, he worked as a political organiser at the Fianna Fáil HQ in Dublin. Upon the death of his father, he returned home to manage the family farm near Carndonagh in the north of Inishowen, County Donegal. He was raised near Gleneel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McHugh
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician from Carrigart, County Donegal. A Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016 and the Donegal constituency from 2016 to 2024, he served as Minister of State from 2014 to 2018, including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018. He served as Minister for Education and Skills from October 2018 until June 2020. He chaired the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2020 to 2024. McHugh graduated from Maynooth University, receiving a degree in economics and sociology in 1992 and a higher diploma in education in 1993. After working as a secondary school teacher in Letterkenny and Dubai, he became a youth worker in Letterkenny. He began his political career after winning a seat on Donegal County Council in the 1999 local elections; he was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann in 2002 as a senator for the Administrative Panel. In July 2005, he married Olwyn Enright, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Blaney
Niall Blaney (born 29 January 1974) is an Irish politician who has been a senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2020. Niall Blaney is the son of Harry Blaney, grandson of Neal Blaney, and nephew of Neil Blaney, all former TDs. A member of Independent Fianna Fáil until he joined Fianna Fáil in 2006, he served on Donegal County Council from 1999 to 2002 and then as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 2002 to 2011. He chose not to contest the 2011 general election and unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Seanad election before securing a Seanad seat in 2020. He ran as one of three Fianna Fáil candidates in the Midlands–North-West constituency for the 2024 European Parliament elections, but failed to win a seat. Early life and family Niall Blaney comes from a political family. His grandfather Neal Blaney, his uncle Neil Blaney, and his father Harry Blaney all preceded him as TDs. Born in Letterkenny, County Donegal in 1974, he gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Blaney
Harry Blaney (18 February 1928 – 29 April 2013) was an Irish Independent Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency. His father was Neal Blaney, who was a TD from 1927 to 1948. Blaney was defeated by Cecilia Keaveney of Fianna Fáil at the April 1996 by-election resulting from the 1995 death of his brother, Neil Blaney. He called for a recount but the following day was defeated by 150 votes. In 1997, he was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election, defeating Paddy Harte. He retired at age 74 at the 2002 general election after serving one term. He was succeeded by his son, Niall Blaney. His support for the 1997 Ahern government led to the construction of the ''Harry Blaney Bridge'', which opened in 2009 to link the Rosguill and Fanad peninsulas across Mulroy Bay in north County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Keaveney
Cecilia Keaveney (born 27 November 1968) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) and a Senator from 1996 to 2011. Early life She was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. She was educated at Carndonagh Community School in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, and then at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She is a former music teacher. Her father Paddy Keaveney was an Independent Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East from 1976 to 1977. She was co-opted to Donegal County Council in 1995 following his death. Political career Keaveney was first elected to Dáil Éireann for Donegal North-East in a by-election on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD Neil Blaney. She was re-elected at the 1997 general election and 2002 general election but lost her seat at the 2007 general election. Keaveney was formerly Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McDaid
James Joseph McDaid (born 3 October 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation from 1997 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 1989 to 2010. McDaid has had a concurrent career as a medical doctor and continues to work as a general practitioner in Letterkenny. Early life McDaid was born in Termon, County Donegal in 1949. He was educated in St Eunan's College in Letterkenny between 1962 and 1967. He went on to attend University College Galway (UCG), and was conferred with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1974. While at University College Galway, he played on the university soccer team that won three national titles, with McDaid captaining the side on two of those occasions. He was Clubman of the Year Award winner in 1972–73. Between 1974 and 1979, McDaid worked at Letterkenny General Hospital, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Conaghan
Hugh Conaghan (6 May 1926 – 24 March 2020) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and transport official. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the Donegal North-East by-election on 10 June 1976. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency at the 1977 general election. He was elected at the 1981 general election for the Donegal North-East constituency and was re-elected for this constituency until he lost his seat at the 1989 general election. He lost his seat to party colleague Jim McDaid James Joseph McDaid (born 3 October 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation from 1997 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála .... He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1992 general election. Hugh Conaghan died on 24 March 2020. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Conaghan, Hugh 1926 births 2020 deaths Fianna Fái ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Keaveney
Patrick Keaveney (28 October 1929 – 19 July 1995) was an Irish politician and businessman from County Donegal. He was a cooperative manager and a member of the Independent Fianna Fáil party, and was a Teachta Dála (TD) for one year. He was elected to the 20th Dáil as TD for Donegal North-East at a by-election in June 1976 caused by the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Cunningham. His surprise victory gave Independent Fianna Fáil two out of the three seats in Donegal North-East, but the constituency was abolished for the 1977 general election, when he was defeated in the new Donegal constituency. He did not stand again. Keaveney was later elected to Donegal County Council, and after his death in 1995, his daughter Cecilia was co-opted to take his place as councillor. The following year, she was elected to Dáil Éireann as the Fianna Fáil candidate in a by-election following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil's founder Neil Blaney Neil Terence Columba Blaney (1 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Harte
Patrick Harte (26 July 1931 – 8 January 2018) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served for 36 years as Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East. Early life and family He was born in 1931 in Lifford, County Donegal. His son, Jimmy Harte, is a former Labour Party Senator. Political career He was first elected to the 17th Dáil at the 1961 general election, and re-elected at eleven further general elections. From 1981 to 1982, he was Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs in Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald's government. At the 1989 European Parliament election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Connacht–Ulster constituency. He temporarily lost the Fine Gael whip when he abstained in a vote on the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State For Termination of Pregnancies) Bill 1995 proposed by the government. He lost his seat at the 1997 general election to the Independent Fianna Fáil candidate Harry Blaney, and unsuccessfully cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
