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Dermot Fitzpatrick

Dermot Fitzpatrick

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1940–2022)

Dermot Fitzpatrick (12 April 1940 – 23 March 2022)[1] was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1987 to 1992 and from 2002 to 2007. He was a Senator from 1997 to 2002, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[2][3]

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He was a native of Dublin, and was educated at Coláiste Mhuire, an Irish language secondary school in the city, and at University College Dublin, from which he graduated with a degree in medicine. Prior to his entry into politics, he worked as a family doctor.[1]

He retired at the 2007 general election. His daughter Mary Fitzpatrick was one of three Fianna Fáil candidates in Dublin Central for the 2007 general election. She did not get elected.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Former Fianna Fáil TD Dermot Fitzpatrick dies aged 81". The Irish Times. 23 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Dermot Fitzpatrick". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Dermot Fitzpatrick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Mary Fitzpatrick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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