Niall Andrews

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Niall Andrews ( Irish Niall Mac Aindriú , born August 19, 1937 in Dublin , † October 16, 2006 in Dublin) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil and a member of the European Parliament (MEP).

biography

Andrews, who completed his schooling at Synge Street Christian Brothers School and Presentation College in Dublin , began his political career in 1977 with the election to the Deputy ( Teachta Dála ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ) of Parliament ( Oireachtas ), where he initially held the Represented the interests of the constituency of South County Dublin and then of Dublin South until 1987. As such, he was from October 28 to December 14, 1982 Minister of State in the Environment Ministry in the cabinet of Charles J. Haughey .

Between 1981 and 1984 he represented Ireland's interests in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe before he was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 1984. In 1987 he therefore renounced another candidacy for the lower house. In the European Parliament he was a member of the Union for a Europe of Nations group. In 2004 he left the European Parliament after twenty years as a member .

Andrews came from a strongly Republican family. His father Christopher "Todd" Andrews was not only a participant in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War , but also a founding member of Fianna Fáil in 1926 and later director of Radio Telefís Éireann . His mother, Mary Coyle, was a leading member of the militant women's organization Cumann na mBan . His brother, David Andrews , who was one year older, was also a member of parliament and minister on several occasions. In addition, his son Chris and his nephew Barry Andrews are also MPs in the House of Commons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Election results on ElectionsIreland
  2. Tithe an Oireachtais (Houses of the Oireachtas)
  3. Contact details on the website of the Council of Europe ( Memento of April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Former Irish MEPs ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. Stephen Howe: Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture . OUP Oxford, 2000, ISBN 0-19-154310-1 , pp. 92 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).