- Dan Boyle (politician)
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Dan Boyle 
Senator In office
August 2007 – April 2011Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach Teachta Dála In office
June 2002 – June 2007Constituency Cork South Central Personal details Born 14 August 1962
Chicago, United StatesNationality Irish Political party Green Party Spouse(s) Bláithín Hurley Children 1 Alma mater Cork Institute of Technology Website danboyle.ie Dan Boyle (born 14 August 1962) is an Irish Green Party politician and party chairperson. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South Central from 2002–07 and was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007–11.[1]
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Early life and education
Boyle was born in Chicago in the United States to emigrant Irish parents. He has lived in his mother's native city of Cork since eight years of age in the Turners Cross area of the city. He was educated at local schools; Scoil Chríost Rí and Coláiste Chríost Rí, and at the Cork Institute of Technology where he studied Business Studies and Child Care. He is married to Bláithín Hurley and has one daughter.
Political career
In 1991 he was elected to Cork City Council, where he served until 2002. At the 2002 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork South Central constituency. He was the Green Party spokesperson on Finance, Social and Family Affairs and Community, Rural Development and the Islands during the 29th Dáil. He was also the Party Chief Whip.
At the 2007 general election, Boyle lost his seat in the Dáil. He was subsequently part of the Green Party team that negotiated a programme that brought the party into the Irish government for the first time in its history. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann on 3 August 2007. He was appointed as Deputy Leader of the Seanad on 16 August 2007.[2]
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2009 European Parliament election for the South constituency.[3]
Commenting on Willie O'Dea's defamation case on 17 February 2010, Boyle said that he has "no confidence" in O'Dea and declaring him to be "compromised".[4] On 18 February 2010, O'Dea resigned as Minister for Defence.[5]
He ran for Dáil Éireann in Cork South Central constituency at the 2011 General Election. He failed to get elected polling 2.5% of the vote, losing his deposit. He stood as a candidate in the 2011 Seanad election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel but was not elected.
References
- ^ "Mr. Dan Boyle". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=1767&ConstID=210. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "New deputy pledges Seanad reform". BreakingNews.ie. 16 August 2007. http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/?c=IRELAND&jp=mhcwmhidqlcw&d=2007-08-16.
- ^ "Dan Boyle". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3927. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Boyle's 'no confidence' in Minister Willie O'Dea". The Irish Times. 17 February 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0217/breaking37.html. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Willie O'Dea resigns as Minister for Defence". RTÉ News. 18 February 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0218/odeaw.html. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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Oireachtas Preceded by
Deirdre Clune
(Fine Gael)Green Party Teachta Dála for Cork South Central
2002–2007Succeeded by
Deirdre Clune
(Fine Gael)Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Green Party (Ireland) politicians
- Teachtaí Dála
- Members of the 29th Dáil
- Members of the 23rd Seanad
- Local councillors in County Cork
- People from Chicago, Illinois
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