- Paddy Power
Patrick (Paddy) Power is a former Irish Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of the Haughey era. He served as Minister for Fisheries & Forestry from 1979 to June 1981 and Minister for Defence in the Government of March to December 1982. He was briefly Minister for Trade, Commerce & Tourism in October 1982 following the resignation of Des O'Malley to challenge for the leadership of the party. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1977 to 1979.
- Brian Lenihan
Brian Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. In a long political career he served as Government Minister in different portfolios. Lenihan was also Senator in Seanad Éireann. he was Tánaiste in 1987 and was a defeated candidate for the office of President of Ireland in 1990. He was a member of a family political dynasty; his father, Patrick Lenihan, and sister both followed him into Dáil Éireann, his sister Mary O'Rourke sitting in cabinet with him.
- Michael O'Leary
Michael O'Leary was an Irish senior politician and barrister. He was Minister for Labour and while leader of the Labour Party became Minister for Energy and Tánaiste. He later became a member of the Fine Gael party. Born in Cork, the son of a publican, O'Leary was educated at Presentation College, University College Cork and Columbia University, New York, King's Inns On returning to Ireland, …
- Mary Lou McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald, is an Irish politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament representing the Sinn Féin party. Mary Lou McDonald was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Limerick and Dublin City University studying English Literature, European Integration Studies and Human Resource Management. She worked as a consultant for the Irish Productivity Centre, …
- Kathy Sinnott
Kathy Sinnott (born September 29, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a disability rights campaigner and politician representing Ireland. She is secretary of the Hope Project. She stood successfully for to became a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South in the 2004 European elections. She campaigned on disability and education issues, and to a lesser extent Euroscepticism and social conservatism, espusing much of the agenda of the Christian Right, …
- Patricia McKenna
Patricia McKenna (Castleshane, 13 March 1957) is an Irish Green Party politician. She became the first Green Party candidate in Ireland to be elected to European Parliament. She was elected to the European Parliament in 1994 and re-elected in the European elections in June 1999 but lost her seat in the European elections 2004. She acted as one of the Dáil advisers to Ireland's first Green TD, Roger Garland.
- Proinsias de Rossa
Proinsias De Rossa MEP (born Francis Ross on 15 May, 1940, in Dublin) is an Irish Labour Party politician and former President of the Workers Party and subsequently leader of Democratic Left, and later, a senior member of the Labour Party He was Minister for Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Parliament in the Party of European Socialists group.
- Conor Cruise O'Brien
Conor Cruise O'Brien (born 3 November, 1917) is an Irish politician, writer and academic.
- Gay Mitchell
(Gabriel) "Gay" Mitchell is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Dublin since 2004. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party, and a former Teachta Dála for Dublin South Central from 1981–2007. Gay Mitchell was born in Inchicore, Dublin in 1951. He was educated at St. Michael's Christian Brothers School, Emmet Road Vocational School, DIT College of Commerce and Queen's University Belfast.
- Pat Cox
Pat Cox is a former Irish politician and television current affairs presenter. He was President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and served as a member of the parliament from 1989-2004. He is now a consultant for European Integration Solutions Born in Dublin but raised in Limerick, Cox first came to prominence as a journalist, then a presenter, with RTÉ's "Today Tonight", …
- Jim Higgins
Jim Higgins is an Irish politician who has served as a member of Seanad Éireann, Dáil Éireann and the European Parliament. He was educated at St Jarlath's College, Tuam and at University College Galway. Higgins worked as a Community School teacher before becoming involved in local politics as a member of Mayo County Council in 1979. He first ran for Dáil Éireann in the 1981 general election, but was unsuccessful.
- John Caldwell
John Caldwell (born May 7, 1938 in Belfast) is a former boxer from Northern Ireland, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight (51 kg) division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Caldwell was considered to be a supreme fighter whose class and skill saw him claim a medal in 1956 and the world bantamweight crown in 1961. He enjoyed a magnificent career as an amateur and professional in which he contested 275 bouts, winning on all but ten occasions.
- Simon Coveney
Simon Coveney (born June 16, 1972 in Cork) is an Irish politician. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Coveney is a Teachta Dála for Cork South Central. He was first elected in the October 1998 by-election to succeed his father Hugh Coveney, re-elected at the 2002 general election, and returned by the voters again in 2007. In the 2007 general election he was returned by the voters to the Dáil, and as a result stepped down as an MEP, …
- John O'Connell
John O'Connell, was a senior Irish politician. He was first elected as a Labour Party TD in 1965 and was returned at each election until 1987. He served in Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 1989 and then returned to the Dáil until he resigned in 1993. He has also served as Minister for Health (1992–1993). O'Connell was born in Dublin on January 30, 1930. He was educated at St Vincents in Glasnevin and the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin.
- Sonia O'Sullivan
Sonia O'Sullivan (born November 28, 1969) is an Irish runner from Cobh, County Cork. She was one of the leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early 2000s. Her crowning achievement was a Gold medal at the 1995 World Athletics Championships.She won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics, narrowly beaten by the Romanian Gabriela Szabo and in front of third placed Ethiopian Gete Wami.
- Eoin Ryan
Eoin Ryan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for Dublin and is a former Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South East. Ryan was born in Dublin in 1953 and educated at St. Mary's College, Rathmines, College of Commerce, Rathmines and Kildalton Horticulture College, County Kilkenny. He first became involved in politics in 1985 when he was elected to Dublin City Council. In 1989 he was elected to Seanad Éireann.
- Marian Harkin
Marian Harkin is an Irish politician. She was elected as an independent TD to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election for the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, receiving the highest number of first preference votes in that election. She was subsequently elected to the European Parliament in 2004 and retired from her Dáil seat at the 2007 general election to concentrate on her European seat.
- Avril Doyle
Avril Doyle is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Avril Belton was born in Dublin and was educated at University College Dublin. Her father Dick Belton was a senator and her grandfather Paddy Belton was a TD. She was a member of Wexford County Council, including a term as Mayor of Wexford Town.
- Brian Crowley
Brian Crowley is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South for Fianna Fáil. He is co-president of the Union for a Europe of Nations group in the European Parliament in which Fianna Fáil sits. Brian Crowley was born in Dublin in 1964. He received a diploma in law in 1992 and was elected to Seanad Éireann the following year. In 1994 he was elected to the European Parliament for the Munster constituency.
- Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne was an Irish Fine Gael Party politician. and TD for Tipperary North from 1961-1977. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1957 general election, but at the 1961 election he defeated the Fianna Fáil TD Mary Ryan, and took his seat in the 17th Dáil. He was re-elected at the next three general elections, before losing his seat in the Fianna Fáil landslide at the 1977 election to Michael Smith.
- Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith (born on December 16, 1969 in Rathcoole County Dublin), now more commonly referred to by her married name, Michelle de Bruin, is an Irish former swimmer. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley. She also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event.
- Mary Banotti
Mary Elizabeth Banotti (born May 29, 1939), is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. Mary O'Mahony was born in Dublin. She is a sister of the former Cabinet Minister Nora Owen and a grand-niece of the Irish rebel Michael Collins. Following her education she worked as a nurse in North America, England, Italy and Africa before joining Irish Distillers as an occupational health nurse and Industrial Welfare Officer in 1972.
- John Treacy
John Treacy (born June 4, 1957 in Villierstown near Dungarvan, County Waterford) is a former Irish athlete. He went to school at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a silver medal in the marathon, placing Ireland 33rd on the medals table. He is currently Chief executive of the Irish Sports Council. He is married to Fionnuala and they have four children, Caoimhe and Deirdre, Sean and Conor.
- Tom O'Donnell
Thomas G. (Tom) O'Donnell is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. Tom O'Donnell was born in Limerick and was educated at Crescent College, Salesian College and University College Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked as a teacher before becoming involved in politics. O'Donnell was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1961 general election as a Fine Gael TD for Limerick East.
- Jim Gibbons
James "Jim" Gibbons was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected in 1957 as a Teachta Dála (Member of Parliament) for Carlow-Kilkenny. He held his seat until 1982. Gibbons also served as Minister for Defence (1969-1970) and Minister for Agriculture (1970-1973 and 1977-1979).
- Wayne McCullough
Wayne McCullough, born July 7, 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland is a professional boxer who currently fights in the Featherweight division. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he has held the WBC world title in the Bantamweight category. He is from the Woodvale Road in the greater Shankill area of Belfast.
- Neil Blaney
Neil Blaney, was a senior Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948 as a Fianna Fáil TD representing Donegal North East. Blaney served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1957), Minister for Local Government (1957-1966) and Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries (1966-1970). He is a former Father of the Dáil. Blaney was born in County Donegal, the eldest in a family of eleven children.
- Ray Macsharry
Raymond (Ray) MacSharry is a former Irish politician. He served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Sligo-Leitrim between 1969 and 1988, during which time he briefly served as Tánaiste (Deputy Taoiseach).
- Mairead McGuinness
Mairead McGuinness is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Máiread McGuinness was the first female graduate of University College, Dublin's degree in Agricultural economics and had a career in a number of media outlets before entering politics in 2004. She worked as a researcher on The Late Late Show, as a presenter on RTÉ's Ear to the Ground and Celebrity Farm, …
- Síle de Valera
Síle de Valera (born December 17, 1954), is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. She was first elected a TD in 1977, and has represented the Clare constituency since 1987. She served as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands from 1997 to 2002. Síle de Valera was born in 1954 in Dublin, Ireland. She was educated at Loreto Convent, Dublin and University College Dublin where she qualified as a career guidance teacher.
- Tony Byrne
Tony "Socks" Byrne (born in Drogheda, Ireland) is a former amateur boxer. Byrne won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia in the lightweight division.
- Dana Rosemary Scallon
Rosemary Scallon, better known as Dana (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951 in Islington, London), is a Irish Catholic music singer, songwriter and former politician, who currently is a US Citizen (Citizenship status received late 90's).. She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything". During a successful career in pop music, Dana evolved into a popular Catholic music singer, …
- John Cushnahan
John Walls Cushnahan (born July 23 1948) is a former politician in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and then as a Member of the European Parliament for Fine Gael. Cushnahan was educated at St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School and Queen's University, Belfast and worked as a teacher before going into politics.
- Patrick Cooney
Patrick (Paddy) Cooney was an Irish politician. Cooney was born in 1931 and was educated at Castleknock College. He was unsuccessful in his first three attempts to get elected to Dáil Éireann in 1961, 1965 and 1969. However, in 1970 he was elected as a Fine Gael TD in a by-election in Longford-Westmeath. In 1973 Cooney was appointed to Liam Cosgrave's Cabinet as Minister for Justice.
- Michael Carruth
Michael Carruth (born July 9, 1967) is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He turned pro in 1994 after taking leave from his job as a soldier in the Irish Army. He was trained by former Irish Boxing great Steve Collins. He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against Michael Loewe and 2000 against Adrian Stone.
- John McNally
John McNally (born November 3, 1932 in Belfast, Northern Irelandis a former boxer. McNally is most noted for winning a silver medal for Ireland at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in the Bantamweight division. In the final McNally lost a split decision to Pentti Hämäläinen of Finland. A year later McNally won a bronze medal in the European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Warsaw.
- Richie Ryan
Richie Ryan is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. Richie Ryan was born in Dublin in 1929. He was educated at Synge Street Christian Brothers School, University College Dublin and the Incorporated Law School of Ireland where he received a law degree.
- Niall Andrews
Niall Andrews (August 19 1937 - 16 October 2006) was an Irish politician. He served as a Teachta Dála and Member of the European Parliament for the Fianna Fáil party. Andrews was born in Dublin. He was educated at Synge Street CBS and Presentation College, Dublin. Andrews came from a very strong republican family. His father, Todd Andrews, served in the War of Independence and the Civil War for the anti-treaty side.
- Liam Aylward
Liam Aylward is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. He was a Teachta Dála for Carlow-Kilkenny from 1977–2007. Liam Aylward was born in Mullinavat, County Kilkenny in 1952. He was educated at St Kierans College, Kilkenny. He worked as a laboratory technician before getting involved in politics. He was elected to Kilkenny County Council in 1974, serving on that authority until 1992.
- Gerard Collins
James Gerard "Gerry" Collins is a former senior Irish politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD in a by-election in 1967 and at each election until 1997. During his ministerial career he served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1970-1973), Minister for Justice (1977-1981 & 1987-1989) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982 & 1989-1992). He served in the European Parliament between 1994 and 2004.