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style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal East</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">February 2020</a> – <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">November 2024</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/Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal</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"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1983-05-17</span>) </span>17 May 1983<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 41)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lynsey Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_City_University" title="Dublin City University">Dublin City University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Duncan Smith</b> (born 17 May 1983) is an Irish <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> politician who has been a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal East</a> constituency since the <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 general election</a>, and previously for the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal</a> constituency from <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020</a> to 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was a member of <a href="/wiki/Fingal_County_Council" title="Fingal County Council">Fingal County Council</a> from 2014 to 2020. Smith contested the <a href="/wiki/2019_Dublin_Fingal_by-election" title="2019 Dublin Fingal by-election">2019 Dublin Fingal by-election</a>, receiving 3,821 first preference votes (15.2% of the vote), but was not elected.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2019-11-30-Fingal-by-election-report_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2019-11-30-Fingal-by-election-report-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2019-11-30-Fingal-by-election-results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2019-11-30-Fingal-by-election-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a>, Smith was elected as a TD for Dublin Fingal.<sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-fingal-report_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-fingal-report-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-fingal-results_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irishtimes-2020-02-10-ge20-dublin-fingal-results-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his election to the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil">Dáil</a>, James Humphreys was co-opted to Smith's seat on <a href="/wiki/Fingal_County_Council" title="Fingal County Council">Fingal County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fingal-coco-2020-02-05-4-co-opted_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fingal-coco-2020-02-05-4-co-opted-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of two TDs to nominate <a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a> for the position of Labour Party leader in the 2020 leadership election.<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 2021, Smith received media attention for criticising <a href="/wiki/Michael_Healy-Rae" title="Michael Healy-Rae">Michael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Healy-Rae" title="Danny Healy-Rae">Danny Healy-Rae</a> in the Dáil, after the two TDs had accused Labour of being "anti-worker" after proposing a <a href="/wiki/Zero-COVID_strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Zero-COVID strategy">zero-COVID strategy</a>, accusing the Healy-Raes of coming from a background of "Fianna Fáil privilege and millions and millions of euros" and "pretending to be working class."<sup id="cite_ref-dublive_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dublive-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><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><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> He received praise from <a href="/wiki/Miriam_Lord" title="Miriam Lord">Miriam Lord</a> for this, being dubbed a "working-class hero" in her column.<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>Smith was the Labour Party Director of Elections for <a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Ivana Bacik</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Dublin_Bay_South_by-election" title="2021 Dublin Bay South by-election">2021 Dublin Bay South by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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>, Smith was re-elected to the Dáil in <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal East</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith's father was a carpenter by profession.<sup id="cite_ref-dublive_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dublive-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went to secondary school at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Temple_Comprehensive_School" title="Mount Temple Comprehensive School">Mount Temple Comprehensive School</a>. Smith studied at <a href="/wiki/Dublin_City_University" title="Dublin City University">Dublin City University</a>, completing a bachelors degree in business studies and a master's degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-biog_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biog-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (May 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> studying for a PhD in nuclear disarmament studies.<sup id="cite_ref-it_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is married to Lynsey, and they have one son.<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="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)&action=edit&section=3" 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 .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Duncan-Smith.D.2020-02-08/">"Duncan Smith"</a>. <i>Oireachtas Members Database</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200215205955/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Duncan-Smith.D.2020-02-08/">Archived</a> from the original on 15 February 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)" title="Michael Collins (politician, born 1968)">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. Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Conway-Walsh" title="Rose Conway-Walsh">Conway-Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Coppinger" title="Ruth Coppinger">Coppinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ada_Cronin" title="Réada Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Cummins" title="Jen Cummins">Jen Cummins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Currie" title="Emer Currie">Currie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aisling_Dempsey" title="Aisling Dempsey">Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ire_Devine" title="Máire Devine">Devine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair%C3%A9ad_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mairéad Farrell (politician)">Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_Gibney" title="Sinéad Gibney">Gibney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Graves" title="Ann Graves">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></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/Claire_Kerrane" title="Claire Kerrane">Kerrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_McEntee" title="Helen McEntee">McEntee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_McGettigan" title="Donna McGettigan">McGettigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_McGreehan" title="Erin McGreehan">McGreehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Mitchell" title="Denise Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Murnane_O%27Connor" title="Jennifer Murnane O'Connor">Murnane O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">V. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Naughton</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/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeve_O%27Connell" title="Maeve O'Connell">O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_O%27Reilly" title="Louise O'Reilly">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Sherlock" title="Marie Sherlock">Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh_Smyth" title="Niamh Smyth">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Toole" title="Gillian Toole">Toole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Whitmore" title="Jennifer Whitmore">Whitmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>§ Party leaders; <i>Italics</i> = Ministers</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Teachtaí_Dála_(TDs)_for_the_Dublin_Fingal_constituency113" style="white-space:normal !important;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)/TDs" title="Template:Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)/TDs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)/TDs" title="Template talk:Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)/TDs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)/TDs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)/TDs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Teachtaí_Dála_(TDs)_for_the_Dublin_Fingal_constituency113" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachtaí Dála</a> (TDs) for the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal</a> constituency</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0;white-space:normal !important"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This table is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; 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O'Connell">Thomas J. O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Norton" title="William Norton">William Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Corish" title="Brendan Corish">Brendan Corish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cluskey" title="Frank Cluskey">Frank Cluskey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_(politician)" title="Michael O'Leary (politician)">Michael O'Leary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Spring" title="Dick Spring">Dick Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Rabbitte" title="Pat Rabbitte">Pat Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Ivana Bacik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;">Deputy leaders</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/Barry_Desmond" title="Barry Desmond">Barry Desmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_McManus" title="Liz McManus">Liz McManus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Alan Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><span style="color:white;">Seanad leaders</span></a></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/Michael_Ferris_(politician)" title="Michael Ferris (politician)">Michael Ferris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Harte_(politician)" title="Jack Harte (politician)">Jack Harte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_O%27Sullivan" title="Jan O'Sullivan">Jan O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Costello_(politician)" title="Joe Costello (politician)">Joe Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(Cork_politician)" title="Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)">Brendan Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_White_(Irish_politician)" title="Alex White (Irish politician)">Alex White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Prendergast" title="Phil Prendergast">Phil Prendergast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Ivana Bacik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Moynihan" title="Rebecca Moynihan">Rebecca Moynihan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0000;color:white;">Presidents</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/Proinsias_De_Rossa" title="Proinsias De Rossa">Proinsias De Rossa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. 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