Michael Ahern (Irish politician)

Michael Ahern
Minister of State
2002–2008Enterprise, Trade and Employment
1992–1993Industry and Commerce
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1982 – February 2011
ConstituencyCork East
Personal details
Born (1949-01-20) 20 January 1949 (age 75)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Margaret Monahan
​
(m. 1971)​
Children3
Parent
EducationRockwell College
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Michael Ahern (born 20 January 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from 1992 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2008. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency from 1982 to 2011.[1]

Early life

Michael Ahern was born in Dungourney, County Cork. He was educated at Dungourney National School, Rockwell College, County Tipperary, and University College Dublin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Politics and Psychology. He also attended Holy Ghost Missionary College, Kimmage Manor, Dublin, where he studied Theology. For a brief period in the early 1970s, Ahern worked as a secondary school teacher. In 1973, he became an accountancy student at Coopers & Lybrand, Cork. In 1977, he became financial controller with a building construction firm in Cork.[1]

Personal life

He is married to Margaret Monahan and they have three daughters, one of whom, Barbara Ahern, contested the 2016 general election in Cork East for Fianna Fáil unsuccessfully.

Michael Ahern is the son of Liam Ahern, a Senator between 1957 and 1973, and a TD from 1973 until 1974. Ahern's Grand-uncle, John Dinneen, was also a member of the Dáil between 1922 and 1927. Michael Ahern's brother Maurice Ahern was a long-standing Fianna Fáil member of Cork County Council but lost his seat in the 2009 local elections.

Political career

Ahern was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the February 1982 general election and held the until 2011.[2] In 1984, he received his first major promotion when he became Fianna Fáil Deputy spokesperson on Transport in Charles Haughey's front bench. During his career in the Dáil, Ahern has served on a number of committees, including the Public Accounts Committee, the Joint Committee of Health and Children and the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service. Between 1992 and 1993, he served as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce with responsibility for Science and Technology. Between 1994 and 1997, he served as Opposition Spokesperson on the Office of Public Works and Taxation. In 2002, Fianna Fáil were re-elected and Ahern was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Trade and Commerce.

After the 2007 general election he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Innovation Policy. On 13 May 2008, after Brian Cowen became Taoiseach, Ahern lost his position as Minister of State and was not appointed to any other junior ministry.

He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for Cork County Council at the 2014 local elections.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael Ahern". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Michael Ahern". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

Bibliography

  • Nealon's Guide to the 30th Dáil and 23rd Seanad, Ed. Stephen Collins, Dublin, 2007
Political offices
New office Minister of State for Trade and Commerce
2002–2007 		Succeeded by
New office Minister of State for Innovation Policy
2007–2008 		Succeeded by

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