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Tom Berkery

Tom Berkery

Irish Fine Gael politician (b. 1953)

Thomas Berkery (born 1953) is a Fine Gael politician from Nenagh in County Tipperary in Ireland. He is a former local councillor, and was briefly a Senator in 1997.[1]

A farmer, auctioneer, and long-serving member of North Tipperary County Council, Berkery lost his council seat in the 1991 local elections, but was re-elected at the 1999 and 2004 local elections.[2] He lost his seat at the 2009 local elections and stood unsuccessfully at the 2014 local elections.[3]

Berkery was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Tipperary North constituency at five general elections: 1981, February 1982, November 1982, 1989 and 1997.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tom Berkery". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Tom Berkery". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  3. [3]
    tippfmnews (25 May 2014). "Tipp FM Election Coverage 2014 - Tipp FM". Tipp FM. Retrieved 6 February 2023.


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