Eileen Desmond

Eileen Desmond (birth name: Harrington ) ( born December 29, 1932 in Kinsale, County Cork; † 6 January 2005) was an Irish politician of the Irish Labour Party.

Biography

Eileen Desmond, was the public servants, began her political career as a candidate of the Irish Labour Party in a by -election ( By-election ) on 10 March 1965 with the election of deputies of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ), where she served as successor of her late husband Dan Desmond to 1969 the constituency of Cork Mid represented. After a 1969 election defeat suffered and resigned from the House of Commons, she became a member of the Senate ( Seanad Eireann ) and was there until 1973 Representative of Industry and Finance. In 1973 she was re-elected as a member of Dáil Éireann and represented there initially to 1981 again the constituency of Cork Mid, and then to 1987 for the constituency of Cork South - Central.

At the same time it was between 1979 and 1981 Member of the 1st European Parliament.

After the formation of a coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour Party was ( Taoiseach ) Garret FitzGerald appointed on 30 June 1981 by the Prime Minister to the Minister of Health and Minister of Social Welfare. These offices they held until the end of the coalition government on 9 March 1982.

In 1987, she opted not to run again for the House and retired from the Dáil Éireann from.