Liam Fitzgerald
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| Constituency | Labour Panel |
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| Constituency | Dublin North-East |
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| Party | Fianna Fáil |
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Liam Joseph Fitzgerald (1 September 1949 – 11 June 2025) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
Life and career
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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Liam Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Liam Fitzgerald". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'A gentleman of integrity': Tributes paid to former TD from Limerick". Limerick Live. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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