| Dessie Ellis | |
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| Constituency | Dublin North West |
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| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | www.sinnfein.ie |
Dessie Ellis is a Sinn Féin councillor in Dublin City Council who was born in Dublin in 1953 and educated there. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath refers to two different entities He is a former IRA prisoner who was arrested in 1981, charged with possession of explosives and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in Portlaoise Prison. On November 14th, 1990, after thirty-five days on hunger-strike, Ellis became the first person extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom under the 1987 Extradition Act. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He went on hunger-strike in protest at efforts to extradite him to Britain but was extradited in the sixth week of his fast.
He was first elected to Dublin City Council in 1999 for the Finglas area. He contested the 2007 general election in the Dublin North West constituency in County Dublin. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of Dublin North West is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or more correctly today the Dublin Region ( Réigiúin Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the city of Dublin However, he failed to gain election. He also contested the 2002 general election in the same constituency and received 4,781 first preference votes. 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 He failed to meet the quota of 6540 after transfers from six counts. Ellis had received 18. 28 percent of the first-preference votes but the seat was won by Róisín Shortall, who exceeded the quote on the last count. Róisín Shortall (born April 1954 is an Irish Labour Party politician
Sources/External links
- Biography [1]
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