Denis Landy (born 28 February 1962) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a

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for the

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from 2016 to 2017 and previously for the

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from 2011 to 2016. He was a member of South Tipperary County Council from 1991 to 2011 for the Fethard local electoral area, and was also a member of

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Town Council from 1988 to 2011, and served as Mayor of the town on two occasions. He was the Labour Party candidate for the Tipperary South constituency at the 2001 by-election and at the 2002 general election but was not elected. He was the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Environment and Defence from 2011 to 2016. He retired from the Seanad on health grounds in November 2017.

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