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Progressive Democrats (Ireland)
The Progressive Democrats (, literally "The Democratic Party"), commonly referred to as the PDs, were a Conservative liberalism, conservative liberal List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, political party in Ireland. The party's history spanned 24 years, from its formation in 1985 to its dissolution in 2009. Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O'Malley and other politicians who had split from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats took liberal positions on divorce, Birth control, contraception and other social issues. The party also supported Economic liberalization, economic liberalisation, advocating measures such as lower taxation, fiscal conservatism, Privatization, privatisation and welfare reform. The party performed strongly at its first election, the 1987 Irish general election, 1987 general election, winning 14 seats in Dáil Éireann and capturing almost 12 per cent of the popular vote to temporarily surpass the Labour Party (Ireland), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond O'Malley
Desmond Joseph O'Malley (2 February 1939 – 21 July 2021) was an Irish politician who served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1977 to 1981 and 1989 to 1992, Progressive Democrats, Leader of the Progressive Democrats from 1985 to 1993, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism from March 1982 to October 1982, Minister for Justice (Ireland), Minister for Justice from 1970 to 1973 and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence from 1969 to 1970. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East (Dáil constituency), Limerick East constituency from 1968 to 2002. A prominent Fianna Fáil member and government minister in the 1970s and 1980s, O'Malley was expelled from the party in 1985. He founded the Progressive Democrats and served as the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
