- Patrick Lalor
Patrick "Paddy" Lalor (born 21 July 1926) was a senior Irish
Fianna Fáil politician and a well knownhurling player for Laois.porting career
Paddy Lalor was a member of the last Laois team to win the
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1949. Later that year he helped his club Abbeyleix to win theLaois Senior Hurling Championship .He played football and
hurling for his club and county for many years and is generally regarded as one of the most skilful hurlers to have pulled on the Blue and White jersey of Laois. This was evidenced by his selection in 1999 on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.Political career
He was a
Teachta Dála (TD) for over twenty years, and a minister three times. He was elected toDáil Éireann on his first attempt in the 1961 general election as aFianna Fáil TD forLaois Offaly in the17th Dáil . In 1965 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture. The following year Lalor became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport & Power and Posts & Telegraphs.Following the 1969 election Lalor joined the cabinet of
Jack Lynch as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs. In the cabinet reshuffle that took place following theArms Crisis in 1970 he took over the Industry & Commerce portfolio, serving in that position until the 1973 general election, when aFine Gael –Labour coalition took power.Fianna Fáil was re-elected in a landslide victory at the 1977 general election and Lalor became Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach. In 1979 he left domestic politics to take a seat in the
European Parliament . He was re-elected to Europe in 1984 and 1989.External links
* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3243 Paddy Lalor's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
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