Michael Joe Cosgrave
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Michael Joe Cosgrave (born February 1938) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North East constituency , and is now a local Councillor.
Cosgrave was educated at St. Joseph's CBS, Fairview, at the School of Management Studies in Rathmines, and at University College Dublin.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1977 General Election and retained his seat until losing it at the 1992 General Election due to the national swing to the Labour Party. He re-gained his seat at the 1997 election but lost it again at the 2002 election.
In 1999 he was elected as a member of Fingal County Council for the Dublin suburb of Howth. He retained his Council seat in the 2004 local elections.
[edit] External links
- Michael Joe Cosgrave's page on the Fine Gael website
- Michael Joe Cosgrave's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
- 2002 election profile from The Irish Times
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