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Mary Hanafin

Personal data
Date of birth1 June 1959(age 51)
Place of birthThurles, County Tipperary,
Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseEamon Leahy (deceased)
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Maynooth,
Dublin Institute of Technology
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
Assumed office23 March 2010
Preceded byMartin Cullen
Minister for Social and Family Affairs
In office7 May 2008 - 23 March 2010
Succeeded byÉamon Ó Cuív
Preceded byMartin Cullen
Minister for Education and Science
In office29 September 2004 - 7 May 2008
Succeeded byBatt O'Keeffe
Preceded byNoel Dempsey
Government Chief Whip
In office6 June 2002 - 29 September 2004
Succeeded byTom Kitt
Preceded bySéamus Brennan
Minister of State (with special responsibility for Children)
In office1 February 2000 - 6 June 2002
Succeeded byBrian Lenihan
Preceded byFrank Fahey
Teachta Dála
Assumed office6 June 1997
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire

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Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the current Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. She has previously served as Minister for Education and Science (2004 � 2008) and Minister for Social and Family Affairs (2008 � 2010). She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since 1997.

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Ministers and ex-Taoisigh will be forced to car pool - Irish Independent Tweet this news
Irish Independent--But under new plans, Dublin-based ministers like Brian Lenihan, -Mary Hanafin-, Barry Andrews, John Gormley and Eamon Ryan and former Taoisigh will no longer ... - Date : Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:54:16 GMT+00:00
Mapping capital's cultural landscape - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--The map, which is aimed at both locals and tourists, was launched last night by Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism -Mary Hanafin- and is available from ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:32:18 GMT+00:00
Opposition will not be 'browbeaten' on cuts - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--He said he had earlier heard Minister for Tourism -Mary Hanafin- stating that the Opposition parties should now accept the €15 billion in cuts. ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:31:51 GMT+00:00
€20000 spent on overseas trips for Hanafin's mother - Irish Independent Tweet this news
Irish Independent--TOURISM Minister -Mary Hanafin- no longer brings her mother overseas on state visits as her accompanying partner. Around €20000 of taxpayers' ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:45:25 GMT+00:00
Fine Gael can't sign up to €15bn cuts yet - Herald.ie Tweet this news
Herald.ie--However, Tourism Minister -Mary Hanafin- said: “Given that the Opposition parties have signed up to the 3pc they should be accepting the €15bn now. ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:13:09 GMT+00:00
Atlantaquaria to build penguin sanctuary following funding boost - Galway Advertiser Tweet this news
Galway Advertiser--Minister for Social Protection Éamon Ó Cuív announced recently that his colleague, -Mary Hanafin-, Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Sport, has informed him ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:10:46 GMT+00:00
How 9 million have tried to trace Irish blood - Herald.ie Tweet this news
Herald.ie--And according to the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, -Mary Hanafin-, her department is working closely with Tourism Ireland "to ensure that Ireland ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:57 GMT+00:00
Bank of Ireland's break-up of collection makes artists see red - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--Last Tuesday the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, -Mary Hanafin-, said at the opening of the Moderns exhibition at Imma in Dublin that she “would like ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:14:43 GMT+00:00
Hanafin urges clarity on Ryanair plan to boost tourism by ending travel tax - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--MINISTER FOR Tourism -Mary Hanafin- has challenged Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary to say exactly how he would fulfil his promise to increase the ... - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:35 GMT+00:00
Budget won't be as bad as predicted: Hanafin - Dundalk Democrat Tweet this news
Dundalk Democrat--By James Rogers MINISTER for Tourism, Culture and Sport, -Mary Hanafin- TD insisted at Monday night's Fianna Fail Louth Regional Conference ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:52:34 GMT+00:00

Oireachtas
Preceded by
Niamh Bhreathnach
(Labour Party)
Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Dún Laoghaire
1997 -
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Frank Fahey
Minister of State (with special responsibility for Children)
2000 - 2002
Succeeded by
Tom Kitt
Preceded by
Séamus Brennan
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
(Government Chief Whip)
2002 - 2004
Succeeded by
Batt O'Keeffe
Minister of State at the Department of Defence
2002 - 2004
Preceded by
Noel Dempsey
Minister for Education and Science
2004 - 2008
Succeeded by
Éamon Ó Cuív
as Minister for Social Protection
Preceded by
Martin Cullen
Minister for Social and Family Affairs
2008 - 2010
Preceded by
Martin Cullen
as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
2010 -
Incumbent

Current members of the Government of Ireland


Current members of Dáil Éireann

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Fine Gael (51)Allen * Bannon * Barrett * Breen * Bruton * Burke * C. Byrne * J. Carey * Clune * Connaughton * Coonan * Coveney * Crawford * Creed * Creighton * D'Arcy * Deasy * Deenihan * Doyle * Durkan * English * Enright * Feighan * C. Flanagan * T. Flanagan * B. Hayes * T. Hayes * Hogan * Kehoe * Kenny * McCormack * McEntee * McGinley * McHugh * Mitchell * Naughten * Neville * Noonan * O'Donnell * O'Dowd * J. O'Keefe * O'Mahony * Perry * Reilly * Ring * Shatter * Sheahan * Sheehan * Stanton * Timmins * Varadkar
Labour Party (20)Broughan * Burton * Costello * Gilmore * Higgins * Howlin * C. Lynch * K. Lynch * McManus * O'Shea * J. O'Sullivan * Penrose * Quinn * Rabbitte * Sherlock * Shortall * Stagg * Tuffy * Upton * Wall
Green Party (6)Cuffe * Gogarty * 'Gormley' * Ryan * Sargent * White
Sinn Féin (4)Ferris * Morgan * Ó Caoláin * Ó Snodaigh
Independents (7)Behan * Grealish * Harney * Healy-Rae * Lowry * F. McGrath * M. O'Sullivan



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