Eamon Scanlon (born 20 September 1954) is a former Irish

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politician who served as a

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(TD) from 2007 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. He was a

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for the

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from 2002 to 2007.

Personal life

Scanlon is a native of

Ballymote Ballymote () is a market town in southern County Sligo, approx. 24 km south east of Sligo town in the province of Connacht, which is located in the north-west of Ireland. Ballymote lies in the barony of Corran. A commuter town with a ...

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. He is married to Ann Scanlon and they have six children. He is a butcher by trade and business owner since 1975. He subsequently, opened a business called 'Eamon Scanlon & Sons Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents'. He is a member of the Governing Body of

Letterkenny Institute of Technology The Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Leitir Ceanainn) was a institute of technology, located in Letterkenny, Ireland. Based at Letterkenny in County Donegal, it was one of the smaller places of thir ...

and the Ballymote Community Enterprise Board.

Political life

He spent seven years on the National Executive of Fianna Fáil and was the Director of Elections for Matt Brennan. He was a member of Sligo County Council from 1991 to 2003, representing the Ballymote local electoral area. He was elected to the

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as a Senator for the

in 2002. He was first elected to

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at the 2007 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo–North Leitrim. On 5 August 2009, he (along with fellow Sligo Fianna Fáil TD

Jimmy Devins James Devins (born 20 September 1948) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and medical doctor. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2002 to 2011. Early and personal life Devins is a medical doctor by profession, and worked as a GP in S ...

) resigned the party whip over his opposition to cuts in breast cancer services at Sligo University Hospital. He rejoined the parliamentary party on 13 January 2011. He lost his seat at the 2011 general election. His first preference vote had declined from 23.2% in 2007 to 11.4%. He was an unsuccessful candidate at 2011 Seanad election. He was elected to Sligo County Council for the

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local electoral area at the 2014 local elections. He regained his Dáil seat for Fianna Fáil at the 2016 general election. He lost his seat again at the

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References

External links

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Eamon Scanlon's page on the Fianna Fáil website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scanlon, Eamon 1954 births Living people Fianna Fáil TDs Irish auctioneers Irish butchers Local councillors in County Sligo Members of the 22nd Seanad Members of the 30th Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil Fianna Fáil senators Alumni of Letterkenny Institute of Technology