David Molony (23rd August 1950 – 4th September 2002) was an Irish Fine Gael Party Senator and TD. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, shortened to Fine Gael (ˌfina gail meaning Family of the Irish or Tribe of the Irish, is the second largest Seanad Éireann (ɕan̪ˠad̪ˠ erʲan̪ˠ English Senate of Ireland) also known unofficially as the Senate, is the Upper house of the Oireachtas A Teachta Dála (ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, he qualified as a lawyer and in the 1970s he worked with FLAC, a voluntary group providing free legal aid, eventually became FLAC's chairperson. Thurles (pronounced /θɜɹlɛs/ or locally /tɜrləs/ Dúrlas Éile is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir, with a County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann is a County in Ireland situated in the Province of Munster.
In 1977, he was elected to the 14th Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel. The Cultural and Educational Panel is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas At the 1981 general election he was returned to the 22nd Dáil as TD for Tipperary North, and he was re-elected at the February 1982 and November 1982 general elections. The Irish general election of 1981 was held on 11 June 1981 three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 21 May Composition of the 22nd Dáil TDs by constituency The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by constituency Tipperary North is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The Irish general election of February 1982 was held on 18 February 1982 three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 27 January The Irish general election of November 1982 was held on 24 November 1982 three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 4 November He supported the 1986 refrendum to amend the Constitution of Ireland to permit divorce, and was denounced by priests in his constituency. The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann came into force on 29 December 1937 after having been passed by a national plebiscite the previous July [1]
Molony did not contest the 1987 general election, and retired from political office to coninue his law practice ans to run his family's business in Thurles. The Irish general election of 1987 was held on 17 February 1987 four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 20 January However, he remained involved in politics and was a director elections for local Fine Gael candidates at the 2002 general election. The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President
In the Dáil tributes to Molony after his death in 2002 at the age of 52, TDs from all parties agreed that he was a man of unusual talent, who could have risen to the top of the political system. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
References
- Dáil Éireann: Expressions of Sympathy. of the death of David Molony (9th October 2002)
- Seanad Éireann: Expressions of Sympathy. on the death of David Molony (12th Septemberber 2002)
- David Molony's electoral history (ElectionsIreland. org)
- This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database
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