Seán Treacy (politician)
Seán Treacy ( Irish Seán Ó Treasaigh ; born September 22, 1923 in Clonmel , Co Tipperary ; † March 23, 2018 ibid) was an Irish politician of the Irish Labor Party and chairman ( Ceann Comhairle ) of the Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish Parliament .
Life
Seán Treacy worked in a factory for the shoe and boot industry. In 1961 he was elected to the Dáil Éireann for the first time as a candidate for the Irish Labor Party. There he represented the interests of the constituency Tipperary South for 36 years until 1997 .
After the election in 1973 to the 19th Dáil Éireann, he became its chairman on March 14, 1973 for the first time (Ceann Comhairle) . He held this office until May 25, 1977. In this capacity he was next to Senate President (Cathaoirleach) James Dooge and the President of the Supreme Court, Thomas F. O'Higgins , twice during his tenure on November 17 (death von Erskine Hamilton Childers ) until December 19, 1974 and from November 22 (resignation of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh ) to December 3, 1976 member of the so-called Presidential Commission (Coimisiún na hUachtaránachta) , which in the event of the premature resignation of a president until A new president takes office and leads the office of the head of state.
Treacy was a Member of the European Parliament from 1981, when he replaced Eileen Desmond , until 1984 .
Despite the loss of four mandates, he was again chairman of the Dáil Éireann after the 1987 election on March 10, 1987, and this time held this office for ten years until June 26, 1997. In 1997 he left the Dáil and handed over the office of President of Parliament to his party friend Séamus Pattison . Treacy was the only chairman of the Dáil Éireann to date to hold this office twice.
Seán Treacy died in March 2018 at the age of 94 in his native Clonmel. Irish President Michael D. Higgins also took part in the funeral for Treacy .
Web links
- Irish Ministries
- Entry on the side of the Oireachtas
- Entry on Seán Treacy (politician) in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/674/SEAN_TREACY_home.html
- ↑ Former Ceann Comhairle Sean Treacy dies aged 94. In: thejournal.ie. March 24, 2018, accessed March 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Ireland has suffered 'great loss', funeral of Seán Treacy told , The Irish Times , published and accessed on March 26, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treacy, Seán |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ó Treasaigh, Seán |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish Politician (Irish Labor Party), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clonmel , Co. Tipperary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 March 2018 |
| Place of death | Clonmel , Co. Tipperary |