Seán McCarthy (Tipperary politician)

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For other persons named Sean McCarthy, see Sean McCarthy (disambiguation).

Seán McCarthy (born 1 January 1937) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A physician before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Tipperary South constituency in a 1981 general election.^[1] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 1989 general election.^[2] He was elected to Seanad Éireann by the Agricultural Panel in the following Seanad election. He unsuccessfully contested the 1989 general election for both the Dáil and Seanad. He served as Minister of State at the Department of Industry & Commerce from 1987–89.^[1] Since 1999 he has been a member of South Tipperary County Council for the Cashel electoral area and also a member of Cashel Urban District Council.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Seán McCarthy. Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
^ ^a ^b Seán McCarthy. ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.

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Cathaoirleach Seán Doherty (FF) 1989–1992 • Seán Fallon (FF) (1992–1993) Leader of the Seanad Mick Lanigan (FF) 1989–1990 • Sean Fallon (FF) 1990–1992 • G. V. Wright (FF) 1992–1993

Administrative Panel	Joe Costello (Lab) • Seán Doherty (FF) • Michael Finneran (FF) • Seán Haughey (FF) • Tras Honan (FF) • Patrick Kennedy (FG) • Tom Raftery (FG)

Agricultural Panel	Avril Doyle (FG) • Tom Fitzgerald (FF) • Richard Hourigan (FG) • Thomas Hussey (FF) • Rory Kiely (FF) • Seán McCarthy (FF) • Charles McDonald (FG) • Patrick McGowan (FF) • Liam Naughten (FG) • Francis O'Brien (FF) • Pat Upton (Lab)

Cultural & Educational Panel	Sean Byrne (FF) • Maurice Manning (FG) • Paschal Mooney (FF) • Joe O'Reilly (FG) • Éamon Ó Cuív (FF)

Industrial & Commercial Panel	Eddie Bohan (FF) • Richard Conroy (FF) • Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) • Sean Fallon (FF) • William Farrell (FF) • Denis Foley (FF) • Michael Howard (FG) • John Ryan (Lab) • Myles Staunton (FG)

Labour Panel	Donie Cassidy (FF) • Des Hanafin (FF) • Jack Harte (Lab) • Mary Jackman (FG) • Dan Kiely (FF) • Don Lydon (FF) • Larry McMahon (FG) • Brian Mullooly (FF) • Dan Neville (FG) • Pól Ó Foighil (FG) • Batt O'Keeffe (FF)

National University of Ireland	John A. Murphy (Ind) • Joe O'Toole (Ind) • Brendan Ryan (Ind)

University of Dublin	Carmencita Hederman (Ind) • David Norris (Ind) • Shane Ross (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Olga Bennett (FF) • Hugh Byrne (FF) • Martin Cullen (FF) • John Dardis (PD) • Helen Keogh (PD) • Mick Lanigan (FF) • Tony McKenna (FF) • Denis O'Donovan (FF) • Donal Ormonde (FF) • Eoin Ryan, Jnr (Ind) • G. V. Wright (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1992 Brendan Daly (FF) • Pat Farrell (FF) • Terry Leyden (FF) • Dick Roche (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • Lab: Labour Party • PD: Progressive Democrats • Ind: Independent