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For other people with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Michael Collins (disambiguation)">Michael Collins (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Michael Collins</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TD</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_(54281381195)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Michael_Collins_TD_-_22_January_2025_%2854281381195%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="2087" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Collins in 2025</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of <a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />10 November 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New party</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">February 2016</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-West</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)<sup id="cite_ref-journalCandidateProfile2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journalCandidateProfile2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a> (since 2023)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> (until 2023)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Collins</b> (born 26 February 1968)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is an Irish politician who has been a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Cork_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-West</a> constituency since the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collins is the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a> political party, which was founded in November 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He served as a member of <a href="/wiki/Cork_County_Council" title="Cork County Council">Cork County Council</a> from <a href="/wiki/2014_Irish_local_elections" title="2014 Irish local elections">2014</a> to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-journalCandidateProfile2020_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journalCandidateProfile2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i> published a "political rich list", outlining how much personal wealth Ireland's political class was estimated to have. The report featured Collins and estimated him to be a millionaire, suggesting he had property assets worth almost €850,000 alone.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collins was re-elected as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">independent</a> TD at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-irish-times-2020-02-10-ge2020-cork-sw-report_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irish-times-2020-02-10-ge2020-cork-sw-report-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021 Collins was among a group of TDs who proposed a bill in the Dáil that would require pain relief for a foetus during later abortions. The bill was defeated by 107 votes to 36.<sup id="cite_ref-Abortion_Bill_2021_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abortion_Bill_2021-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Minister of Health <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Donnelly" title="Stephen Donnelly">Stephen Donnelly</a> stated it would not be appropriate for a piece of legislation to dictate clinical practice in a medical or a healthcare setting. Meanwhile, Collins' fellow Cork South-West TD <a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Holly Cairns</a> stated that the move was "upsetting for the women and families who have had later abortions and insulting to our healthcare practitioners" and suggested Collins and his group were determined to try and re-run and undermine the <a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2018 referendum on the Eighth amendment</a> using American conservative style tactics.<sup id="cite_ref-Abortion_Bill_2021_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abortion_Bill_2021-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2023, he was named as the leader of <a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a>, a new <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland">political party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 general election</a>, Collins was re-elected to the Dáil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2018, in the run-up to the referendum on the 8th amendment of that May, Collins stated that he was "against abortion. Full stop."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, while speaking in the Dáil, Collins suggested that a hotel chain being used by the government to quarantine those suspected of having COVID-19 was linked to <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" title="Jeffrey Epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an April 2024 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Press" title="Hot Press">Hot Press</a></i> Collins stated he believes that prostitution should be legalised, that abortion should be permitted in extreme circumstances, that rapists should be <a href="/wiki/Chemical_castration" title="Chemical castration">chemically castrated</a>, that third-time offenders should receive an automatic 25-year sentence, and that legally-held firearms should be permitted for self-defence.<sup id="cite_ref-Hot_Press_April_2024_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hot_Press_April_2024-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also stated that <a href="/wiki/Asylum_seeker" title="Asylum seeker">asylum seekers</a> should be held in "holding bays" like in Australia, that the <a href="/wiki/Burqa" title="Burqa">burqa</a> should be banned in schools and that <a href="/wiki/Irish_Travellers" title="Irish Travellers">Travellers</a> should not be legally recognised an ethnic minority.<sup id="cite_ref-Hot_Press_April_2024_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hot_Press_April_2024-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, following his announcement that he intended to run in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a>, it emerged that, in 2013, Collins had provided a character reference for an acquaintance's son who was appearing in court and was later convicted of a child sex offence. Collins stated that he regretted the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, Collins defended anti-immigrant rhetoric used by fellow TD <a href="/wiki/Noel_Grealish" title="Noel Grealish">Noel Grealish</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-McQuinn_2019_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McQuinn_2019-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in doing so claimed Ireland was "losing its culture" because of immigrants and suggested that Ireland should "look after our own people first and then when that issue is sorted, let's start looking at people from across the world".<sup id="cite_ref-independent_2019_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent_2019-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For that, both he and Grealish were criticised in Irish political circles, with Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a> calling the pair "highly dangerous",<sup id="cite_ref-McConnell_2019_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McConnell_2019-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Irish President <a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. Higgins</a>, while not directly referring to them, publicly rejected their rhetoric, suggesting that it was not factual that immigrants were replacing people in Ireland, and that immigrants accounted for a high percentage of Ireland's GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, after the general election, Collins referred to <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Transport_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Transport (Ireland)">Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport</a> <a href="/wiki/Shane_Ross" title="Shane Ross">Shane Ross</a> as a "scumbag".<sup id="cite_ref-Times_scumbag_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_scumbag-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Examiner_scumbag_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Examiner_scumbag-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, <a href="/wiki/John_Halligan_(politician)" title="John Halligan (politician)">John Halligan</a> said that Collins was a man "beneath contempt" and a hypocrite who claims not to make personal attacks but, in fact, does so repeatedly. Collins had previously referred to Ross as a "clown" in a separate incident and, upon learning that Ross had not been re-elected on the same night, he said he was happy to see Ross "on the scrapheap of Irish politics". Collins later apologised for his comments about Ross and denied being drunk when he made them.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_scumbag_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_scumbag-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Examiner_scumbag_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Examiner_scumbag-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2020, during <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">global protests</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd" title="Murder of George Floyd">murder of George Floyd</a>, Collins was criticised, alongside <a href="/wiki/Danny_Healy-Rae" title="Danny Healy-Rae">Danny Healy-Rae</a>, when both TDs used the slogan "<a href="/wiki/All_Lives_Matter" title="All Lives Matter">All Lives Matter</a>". Collins described the phrase as "his mantra" and said the phrase meant he valued everyone equally regardless of background. Shane Curry of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Network_Against_Racism" title="Irish Network Against Racism">Irish Network Against Racism</a> said he found it hard to believe that both Collins and Healy-Rae were naive about the meaning of the slogan and didn't know that many people use the phrase as a refutation of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Lives Matter Movement">Black Lives Matter Movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the same period, Collins rejected calls for statues and plaques commemorating historic figures involved in the <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_slave_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Transatlantic slave trade">transatlantic slave trade</a> be removed.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While speaking on the Claire Byrne radio show on RTÉ in November 2020, Collins defended giving the roles of his parliamentary assistant and parliamentary secretary to his brother and his partner, respectively. Collins said he denied that this was a "jobs for the boys" situation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, Collins was one of only three TDs out of 160 to say he would not take a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine" title="COVID-19 vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</a> in a survey conducted by the Claire Byrne show. Collins stated he did not trust "professionals and companies who make money from the vaccine".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the comments, <a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Cork_politician)" title="James O'Connor (Cork politician)">James O'Connor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> criticised Collins in the Dáil, saying that it was "absolutely outrageous that we have members of this House who are willing to come in here and pander to the message of anti-vaxxers ...", and noted that, “the Covid-19 vaccine has seen more investment than any other vaccination in history”.<sup id="cite_ref-Vax_turnaround_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vax_turnaround-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following O'Connor's comments, Collins augmented his statement and declared he would be happy to take a vaccine "if it was proven to work".<sup id="cite_ref-Vax_turnaround_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vax_turnaround-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Brennan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Browne_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)" title="James Browne (Fianna Fáil politician)">Browne</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Byrne" title="Malcolm Byrne">M. Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Byrne_(Meath_politician)" title="Thomas Byrne (Meath politician)">T. Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cahill_(Irish_politician)" title="Michael Cahill (Irish politician)">Cahill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dara_Calleary" title="Dara Calleary">Calleary</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_Chambers_(politician)" title="Jack Chambers (politician)">Chambers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_%22Chap%22_Cleere" title="Peter "Chap" Cleere">Cleere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niall_Collins" title="Niall Collins">N. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Connolly_(Irish_politician)" title="John Connolly (Irish politician)">J. Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathal_Crowe" title="Cathal Crowe">C. Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Daly_(politician)" title="Martin Daly (politician)">M. Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aisling_Dempsey" title="Aisling Dempsey">Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormac_Devlin" title="Cormac Devlin">Devlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Dolan" title="Albert Dolan">Dolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Dooley" title="Timmy Dooley">Dooley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fleming" title="Seán Fleming">Fleming</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Foley</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_%22the_Cope%22_Gallagher" title="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher">Gallagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lahart" title="John Lahart">Lahart</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Lawless" title="James Lawless">J. Lawless</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Martin</a></i>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McAuliffe" title="Paul McAuliffe">McAuliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McConalogue" title="Charlie McConalogue">McConalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_McCormack" title="Tony McCormack">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_McGrath" title="Séamus McGrath">S. McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_McGreehan" title="Erin McGreehan">McGreehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGuinness_(politician)" title="John McGuinness (politician)">J. McGuinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aindrias_Moynihan" title="Aindrias Moynihan">A. Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moynihan_(Cork_politician)" title="Michael Moynihan (Cork politician)">M. Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Moynihan" title="Shane Moynihan">S. Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Murnane_O%27Connor" title="Jennifer Murnane O'Connor">Murnane O'Connor</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darragh_O%27Brien" title="Darragh O'Brien">O'Brien</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Callaghan" title="Jim O'Callaghan">J. O'Callaghan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoise_%C3%93_Cear%C3%BAil" title="Naoise Ó Cearúil">Ó Cearúil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Cork_politician)" title="James O'Connor (Cork politician)">O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_O%27Dea" title="Willie O'Dea">O'Dea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Feargha%C3%ADl" title="Seán Ó Fearghaíl">Ó Fearghaíl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_O%27Meara_(politician)" title="Ryan O'Meara (politician)">O'Meara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_O%27Sullivan" title="Christopher O'Sullivan">C. O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_O%27Sullivan" title="Pádraig O'Sullivan">P. O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Scanlon" title="Eamon Scanlon">Scanlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Smith_(politician)" title="Brendan Smith (politician)">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Smyth" title="Niamh Smyth">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Troy" title="Robert Troy">Troy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (39)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Bennett_(Irish_politician)" title="Cathy Bennett (Irish politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brady_(Sinn_F%C3%A9in_politician)" title="John Brady (Sinn Féin politician)">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Buckley_(Irish_politician)" title="Pat Buckley (Irish politician)">Buckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Byrne" title="Joanna Byrne">J. Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Carthy" title="Matt Carthy">Carthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorca_Clarke" title="Sorca Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Conway-Walsh" title="Rose Conway-Walsh">Conway-Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ada_Cronin" title="Réada Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Crowe" title="Seán Crowe">S. Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cullinane" title="David Cullinane">Cullinane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pa_Daly" title="Pa Daly">P. Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ire_Devine" title="Máire Devine">Devine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearse_Doherty" title="Pearse Doherty">Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Donnelly_(politician)" title="Paul Donnelly (politician)">Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dessie_Ellis" title="Dessie Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair%C3%A9ad_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mairéad Farrell (politician)">Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gould_(politician)" title="Thomas Gould (politician)">Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Graves" title="Ann Graves">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Guirke" title="Johnny Guirke">Guirke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Kenny" title="Martin Kenny">M. Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Kerrane" title="Claire Kerrane">Kerrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn" title="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn">Mac Lochlainn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">McDonald</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_McGettigan" title="Donna McGettigan">McGettigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_D._McGuinness" title="Conor D. McGuinness">C. McGuinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Mitchell" title="Denise Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mythen" title="Johnny Mythen">Mythen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natasha_Newsome_Drennan" title="Natasha Newsome Drennan">Newsome Drennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C3%B3nagh_N%C3%AD_Raghallaigh" title="Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh">Ní Raghallaigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_%C3%93_Broin" title="Eoin Ó Broin">Ó Broin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_O%27Hara" title="Louis O'Hara">O'Hara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnchadh_%C3%93_Laoghaire" title="Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire">Ó Laoghaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruair%C3%AD_%C3%93_Murch%C3%BA" title="Ruairí Ó Murchú">Ó Murchú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_O%27Reilly" title="Louise O'Reilly">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_O%27Rourke" title="Darren O'Rourke">O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aengus_%C3%93_Snodaigh" title="Aengus Ó Snodaigh">Ó Snodaigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fionnt%C3%A1n_%C3%93_S%C3%BAilleabh%C3%A1in" title="Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin">Ó Súilleabháin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Quinlivan" title="Maurice Quinlivan">Quinlivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ward_(politician)" title="Mark Ward (politician)">M. Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> (38)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Aird_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="William Aird (Fine Gael politician)">Aird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Boland" title="Grace Boland">Boland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Brennan_(politician)" title="Brian Brennan (politician)">B. Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_Brophy" title="Colm Brophy">Brophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm_Burke" title="Colm Burke">C. Burke</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Burke_(politician)" title="Peter Burke (politician)">P. Burke</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Butterly" title="Paula Butterly">Butterly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buttimer" title="Jerry Buttimer">Buttimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Callaghan_(politician)" title="Catherine Callaghan (politician)">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Carrigy" title="Micheál Carrigy">Carrigy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Carroll_MacNeill" title="Jennifer Carroll MacNeill">Carroll MacNeill</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clendennen" title="John Clendennen">Clendennen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cooney_(politician)" title="Joe Cooney (politician)">Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cummins_(Irish_politician)" title="John Cummins (Irish politician)">John Cummins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Currie" title="Emer Currie">Currie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Dillon" title="Alan Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Donohoe" title="Paschal Donohoe">Donohoe</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Feighan" title="Frank Feighan">Feighan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Geoghegan_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="James Geoghegan (Fine Gael politician)">Geoghegan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Harris</a></i>§</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heydon" title="Martin Heydon">Heydon</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Higgins" title="Emer Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keira_Keogh" title="Keira Keogh">Keogh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_(Irish_politician)" title="David Maxwell (Irish politician)">Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_McCarthy" title="Noel McCarthy">McCarthy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helen_McEntee" title="Helen McEntee">McEntee</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Murphy_(Fine_Gael_politician)" title="Michael Murphy (Fine Gael politician)">M. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Naughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Neville_(politician)" title="Joe Neville (politician)">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeve_O%27Connell" title="Maeve O'Connell">O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_O%27Donnell" title="Kieran O'Donnell">O'Donnell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Donovan" title="Patrick O'Donovan">O'Donovan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoise_%C3%93_Muir%C3%AD" title="Naoise Ó Muirí">Ó Muirí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_O%27Shea" title="John Paul O'Shea">O'Shea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neale_Richmond" title="Neale Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roche_(politician)" title="Peter Roche (politician)">Roche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Timmins" title="Edward Timmins">Timmins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Ward_(politician)" title="Barry Ward (politician)">B. Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Ahern" title="Ciarán Ahern">Ahern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoghan_Kenny" title="Eoghan Kenny">E. Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lawlor" title="George Lawlor">Lawlor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_Nash" title="Ged Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_O%27Donoghue" title="Robert O'Donoghue">Robert O'Donoghue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Sheehan" title="Conor Sheehan">Sheehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Sherlock" title="Marie Sherlock">Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)" title="Duncan Smith (Irish politician)">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wall_(politician)" title="Mark Wall (politician)">Wall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democrats_(Ireland)" title="Social Democrats (Ireland)">Social Democrats</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Cummins" title="Jen Cummins">Jen Cummins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Farrelly" title="Aidan Farrelly">Farrelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gannon" title="Gary Gannon">Gannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_Gibney" title="Sinéad Gibney">Gibney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Hearne" title="Rory Hearne">Hearne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian_O%27Callaghan" title="Cian O'Callaghan">C. O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Quaide" title="Liam Quaide">Quaide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Rice" title="Pádraig Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Whitmore" title="Jennifer Whitmore">Whitmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a> (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Collins</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fitzmaurice_(politician)" title="Michael Fitzmaurice (politician)">Fitzmaurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_O%27Donoghue" title="Richard O'Donoghue">Richard O'Donoghue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_O%27Flynn" title="Ken O'Flynn">O'Flynn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit%E2%80%93Solidarity" title="People Before Profit–Solidarity">PBP–Solidarity</a> (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyd_Barrett" title="Richard Boyd Barrett">Boyd Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Coppinger" title="Ruth Coppinger">Coppinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy_(Irish_politician)" title="Paul Murphy (Irish politician)">P. Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a> (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lawless_(politician)" title="Paul Lawless (politician)">P. Lawless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peadar_T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn" title="Peadar Tóibín">Tóibín</a>§</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/100%25_Redress" title="100% Redress">100% Redress</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ward_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles Ward (Irish politician)">C. Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green Party</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roderic_O%27Gorman" title="Roderic O'Gorman">O'Gorman</a>§</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> (16)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Canney" title="Seán Canney">Canney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">C. Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gogarty" title="Paul Gogarty">Gogarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Grealish" title="Noel Grealish">Grealish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoin_Hayes" title="Eoin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Healy" title="Séamus Healy">Healy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Healy-Rae" title="Danny Healy-Rae">D. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Healy-Rae" title="Michael Healy-Rae">M. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Heneghan" title="Barry Heneghan">Heneghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lowry_(politician)" title="Michael Lowry (politician)">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattie_McGrath" title="Mattie McGrath">M. McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_%22Boxer%22_Moran" title="Kevin "Boxer" Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stanley_(politician)" title="Brian Stanley (politician)">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Toole" title="Gillian Toole">Toole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Women5" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Women</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ardagh" title="Catherine Ardagh">Ardagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Bennett_(Irish_politician)" title="Cathy Bennett (Irish politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Boland" title="Grace Boland">Boland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Butterly" title="Paula Butterly">Butterly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Byrne" title="Joanna Byrne">J. Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Callaghan_(politician)" title="Catherine Callaghan (politician)">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Carroll_MacNeill" title="Jennifer Carroll MacNeill">Carroll MacNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorca_Clarke" title="Sorca Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">C. 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background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cotter_(politician)" title="Edward Cotter (politician)">Edward Cotter</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>1965 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>1969 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Sullivan_(Cork_politician)" title="John O'Sullivan (Cork politician)">John O'Sullivan</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Flor_Crowley" title="Flor Crowley">Flor Crowley</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>1977 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Keeffe" title="Jim O'Keeffe">Jim O'Keeffe</a><br />(FG) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Irish_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Irish politician)">Joe Walsh</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>22nd</td> <td>1981 </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/P._J._Sheehan" title="P. J. Sheehan">P. J. Sheehan</a><br />(FG) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flor_Crowley" title="Flor Crowley">Flor Crowley</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>23rd</td> <td>1982 (Feb) </td> <td rowspan="7" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Irish_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Irish politician)">Joe Walsh</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>1982 (Nov) </td></tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26th</td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27th</td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28th</td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29th</td> <td>2002 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Donovan" title="Denis O'Donovan">Denis O'Donovan</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>30th</td> <td>2007 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._J._Sheehan" title="P. J. Sheehan">P. J. 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