Fergus O'Brien (30 March 1930 – 19 October 2016) was an Irish

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politician who served as

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and

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from 1981 to 1982 and 1986 to 1987 and

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from 1980 to 1981. He served as a

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(TD) from 1973 to 1982 and 1982 to 1992. O'Brien was born in

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in 1930. He was educated at the College of Technology, Bolton Street, before becoming involved in politics. O'Brien was elected to

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on his second attempt at the 1973 general election as a Fine Gael TD for the

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constituency. After boundary changes, he was re-elected at the 1977 general election for Dublin South-Central and held the seat at the 1981 general election, but was defeated at the February 1982 general election. He was re-elected for Dublin South-Central at the November 1982 general election, and held the seat until retirement in 1992. From 1981 to February 1982, O'Brien was

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, a ...

's first government. He returned as Chief Whip once again at the end of FitzGerald's second government, serving from 1986 until 1987. He was

from 1980 to 1981.

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