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Ossian Smyth
Ossian Smyth (born 1971/1972) is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Minister of State from July 2020 to January 2025. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2020 to 2024. Smyth holds a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from Trinity College Dublin. Smyth was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Dún Laoghaire local electoral area at the 2014 local election. He served as Cathaoirleach of the County Council from 2018 to 2019. He was re-elected to the council at the 2019 local election, and at the general election in February 2020, he was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire. Tom Kivlehan was co-opted to Smyth's seat on the County Council. Following the formation of a new government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, Smyth was appointed as a Minister of State on 1 July 2020. He was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with responsibility for Public Procu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of State (Ireland)
A Minister of State () in Republic of Ireland, Ireland (also called a junior minister) is of non-cabinet rank attached to one or more Department of State (Ireland), Departments of State of the Government of Ireland and assists the Minister of the Government responsible for that department. The government may appoint up to 23 ministers of state. Appointment Unlike senior government ministers, which are appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice (constitutional), advice of the Taoiseach and the prior approval of Dáil Éireann, Ministers of State are appointed directly by the government, on the nomination of the Taoiseach. Members of either House of the Oireachtas (Dáil or Seanad) may be appointed to be a Minister of State; to date, the only senator appointed as Minister of State has been Pippa Hackett, who served from June 2020 to January 2025. Ministers of State continue in office after the dissolution of the Dáil until the appointment of a new Taoiseach. If the Taois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Government Of Ireland
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Births
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emer Higgins
Emer Higgins (born 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation since January 2025 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2020 general election. Early life and education Higgins attended Holy Family Community School in Rathcoole, County Dublin. Higgins attended University College Dublin and was a member of its students' union. She graduated with an Honours Degree in Economics and Sociology, and is now a member of its Governing Authority. Political career Higgins worked for a period of five years as an assistant to Frances Fitzgerald from 2009 to 2013. Higgins was co-opted as a member of South Dublin County Council in 2011 and continued as a councillor until her election as a TD in 2020. She also continued to work as chief of staff of global operations for PayPal from 2013 to 2020. Higgins served as leader of the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin "Boxer" Moran
Kevin Moran (born 12 May 1963) is an Irish independent politician who has served as a Minister of State since January 2025, having previously served from 2017 to 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from 2016 to 2020. He was a member of Westmeath County Council from June to November 2024. Political career He was a member of Westmeath County Council from 1999 to 2016, and represented Fianna Fáil until 2011. In January 2006, he contested Fianna Fáil's nomination to stand at the 2007 general election, being narrowly defeated by Mary O'Rourke. He contested the 2014 by-election as an independent candidate, but failed to win a seat. He joined the Independent Alliance ahead of the 2016 general election. Moran was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2016 general election. After lengthy government formation talks, the Independent Alliance supported the nomination of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Donovan
Patrick O'Donovan (born 21 March 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport since January 2025. He previously served as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science from 2024 to 2025 and a Minister of State from 2016 to 2024. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick County constituency since 2016, and from 2011 to 2016 for the Limerick constituency. Personal life He was born and raised in Newcastle West, County Limerick. He has a degree in chemistry from University College Cork. After working as an analytical chemist and industry consultant, he returned to college obtaining a Graduate Diploma in Education from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. He later worked as a primary school teacher. In 2014, he married Eileen Keary; and they have three children. Early career He was a member of Limerick County Council for the Newcastle West local electoral area from 2003 to 2011. In Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Dillon
Alan Dillon (born 28 September 1982) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment since January 2025. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election. Prior to entering politics, he was a two-time All Star winning Gaelic footballer who captained the senior Mayo county team. Personal life He is married to Ashling Dillon, and they have two sons. Dillon attended Davitt College in Castlebar for his secondary school education. He studied at NUI Galway, and played for the university football team. Dillon has a MSc in Pharmaceutical Science from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from NUI Galway, and a BSc in Applied Mathematics and Biology from Maynooth University. Dillon has also participated in a marketing campaign for Ireland West A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegarde Naughton
Hildegarde Naughton (born 1 May 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State in attendance at cabinet since 2020. Naughton served as Government Chief Whip from 2022 to 2025. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway West since 2016. She served as Chair of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and the Environment from 2016 to 2020 and Mayor of Galway from 2011 to 2012. She also served as a Senator from 2013 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. Personal life Naughton was born in Galway in 1977, she is from Oranmore. Her father was a member of the Fine Gael National Executive. She was teacher at St. Patrick's Boys School in Galway. She is a classically trained soprano, and in 2008 won the Association of Irish Musical Societies' Best Actress award for her role as Eliza Doolittle in the Galway Patrician Musical Society's production of ''My Fair Lady''. She speaks fluent French. She was co-ordinator of the 2007 Telethon Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Canney
Seán Canney is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016. He has served as a Minister of State since January 2025, and previously from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2018 to 2020. A native of Belclare, Tuam, County Galway. Canney was campaign manager for his brother-in-law, Paddy McHugh, in the 2002 general election, in which McHugh gained a seat in the Galway East constituency. As an independent candidate, Canney was elected to Galway County Council in 2004, on his first attempt. He was re-elected in each of the subsequent local elections in 2009 and 2014. In both the 2009 and 2014 elections, he topped the poll in the Tuam local electoral area. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2011 general election in the Galway East constituency, receiving 5,567 first preference votes. He served as Mayor of County Galway for the term 2007 to 2008, and served on a number of boards and committees. He joined the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin University (constituency)
Dublin University is a university constituency in Ireland, which elects three senators to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its electorate comprises the undergraduate scholars and graduates of the University of Dublin, whose sole constituent college is Trinity College Dublin, so it is often also referred to as the Trinity College constituency. Between 1613 and 1937 it elected MPs or TDs to a series of representative legislative bodies. Representation House of Commons of Ireland (1613–1800) When James I first convened the Parliament of Ireland, the University of Dublin was given two MPs, elected by the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College. It was not represented among the 30 Irish MPs which were part of the Protectorate Parliament during the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Party organisations were not persistent during this time period, and have been added where appropriate. Among the MPs for the univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Seanad Election
An indirect election to the 27th Seanad took place in January 2025, following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil in November 2024. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as its lower house. Polls closed for six senators elected in two university constituencies on 29 January and for 43 senators elected on five vocational panels on 30 January; the remaining 11 senators were be nominated by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. The election saw senators from Aontú and the Social Democrats elected for the first time. Background The Constitution of Ireland provides that a Seanad election must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the Dáil Éireann. The 33rd Dáil was dissolved on 8 November 2024. On 15 November 2024, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien, signed an order for the Seanad elections, providing 29 January as the deadline for ballots in the university constituencies and 30 January as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
