Liam Fitzgerald
Liam Fitzgerald | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 17 September 1997 – 13 September 2007 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office November 1982 – June 1997 | |
| In office June 1981 – February 1982 | |
| Constituency | Dublin North-East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1949 Doon, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 11 June 2025 (aged 75) Raheny, Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Liam Joseph Fitzgerald (1 September 1949 – 11 June 2025) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Fitzgerald was born in Doon, County Limerick and educated at the Christian Brothers school in Doon, St Patrick's College, Dublin and University College Dublin. He worked as a teacher before becoming involved in politics.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Dublin North-East constituency. He lost his seat at the February 1982 election but regained it in the November 1982 election.
In 1991, he was a key member of the so-called "gang of four" that proposed a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach and leader of Fitzgerald's party, Charles Haughey (the other members of the group were Noel Dempsey, Seán Power and M. J. Nolan). Haughey resigned in early 1992 and Albert Reynolds became Taoiseach, but Fitzgerald remained on the backbenches. He lost his Dáil seat again at the 1997 general election, but was then elected to the 21st Seanad by the Labour Panel; he was re-elected in 2002 to the 22nd Seanad.[2]
Fitzgerald resigned the party whip on 27 March 2007, and stated his intention to run as an independent candidate in the next general election. It has been said that he did this as a response to the cancellation of the candidate selection convention in Dublin North-East.[3] However, he did not stand at the 2007 general election.
Fitzgerald died on 11 June 2025, at the age of 75.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liam Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Liam Fitzgerald". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ M. Gallagher; M. Marsh (2008). How Ireland Voted 2007: The Full Story of Ireland's General Election. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-230-50038-9.
- ^ "'A gentleman of integrity': Tributes paid to former TD from Limerick". Limerick Live. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- 1949 births
- 2025 deaths
- Members of Dublin City Council
- Fianna Fáil TDs
- Members of the 22nd Dáil
- Members of the 24th Dáil
- Members of the 25th Dáil
- Members of the 26th Dáil
- Members of the 27th Dáil
- Members of the 21st Seanad
- Members of the 22nd Seanad
- Politicians from County Limerick
- Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Irish schoolteachers
- Fianna Fáil senators
- Labour Panel senators