Donogh O'Malley

Donogh O'Malley ( Irish : Donnchadha Ó Máille ; born January 1921 in Limerick , County Limerick , † March 10, 1968 ibid) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil .

biography

O'Malley came from an influential Limerick family of politicians. His older brothers Desmond O'Malley and Michael O'Malley were Lord Mayors of Limerick. His nephew Desmond O'Malley was a minister and, after being expelled from the Fianna Fáil, founder and long-time chairman of the Progressive Democrats .

He himself worked as a civil engineer after graduation and began his national career as a candidate for the Fianna Fáil in 1957 with the first election to the deputy ( Teachta Dála ) of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ). There he represented the constituency of Limerick East after three subsequent re-elections until his death .

In 1961 he was also mayor of Limerick for a short time, but was then appointed by Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Seán Lemass as parliamentary secretary to the finance minister and thus took over his first government office.

On April 21, 1965, Prime Minister Lemass then appointed him Minister of Health. After Lemass' successor Jack Lynch took office , he was appointed Minister of Education on July 13, 1966 and held this post until his unexpected death at the age of 47 on March 10, 1968.

As Minister of Education, he was best known for his extensive reforms. On the one hand, the regional colleges for technology were introduced in areas in which there were no tertiary education areas before . He also campaigned for the establishment of the University of Limerick , which, however, only came about in 1972. On the other hand, however, he failed in his attempt to merge Trinity College and University College in Dublin, despite the support of then Justice Minister Brian Lenihan , who succeeded him as Minister of Education after his death.

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