Joseph John "Joe" O'Toole (born 20 July 1947) is an Irish politician and an independent member of Seanad Éireann. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Seanad Éireann (ɕan̪ˠad̪ˠ erʲan̪ˠ English Senate of Ireland) also known unofficially as the Senate, is the Upper house of the Oireachtas
First elected to the 18th Seanad in 1987 for the National University of Ireland (NUI) constituency, he has been re-elected by the same constituency to serve in the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Seanads. Composition of the 18th Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad National University of Ireland ( NUI for short is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland through which graduates of the National University of Ireland have elected Composition of the 19th Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad Composition of the 20th Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad Composition of the 21st Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad Composition of the 22nd Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad
Born and brought up in An Daingean, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school principal in County Dublin. Dingle (An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis) is a town in County Kerry in Ireland on the Atlantic Coast some west-south-west of County Kerry ( Contae Chiarraí in Irish) is a southwestern county of Ireland. 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 From 1990–2001, he was appointed General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), and from 2001–2003, he was President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions [ICTU]. The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO in Irish Chumann Múinteoirí Éireann, is the largest Trade union in Ireland for Teachers Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU, formed in 1959 by the merger He lives in Kilsallaghan, County Dublin. 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
In the Seanad, he is a member of the Parliamentary Joint Finance Committee. His autobiography "Looking under stones: roots, family and a Dingle childhood", was published in 2003.
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