Ned O'Sullivan
Irish former politician (born 1950)
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Ned O'Sullivan (born 25 November 1950) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from July 2007 to January 2025.[1][2]
Ned O'Sullivan | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 13 September 2007 – 31 January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1950 Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse |
Madeleine Murphy (m. 1987) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Kit Ahern (Cousin) |
He was a member of Listowel Town Council from 1985 to 2007 and Kerry County Council from 1991 to 2007.[3] He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate in the Kerry North constituency at the 1989 Irish general election and at the 1992 general election.[3]
He was educated at University College Dublin and St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, he worked as a teacher at primary and secondary level in Dublin, Offaly and Kerry before taking over his family's menswear business in Listowel. He was a cousin of Kit Ahern, who served as a TD and Senator.
In December 2008, he sent silk ties (worth €25 each) to approximately 400 County councillors.[4] He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Transport, Sport, Tourism and Sport. In June 2011, it was revealed that 3,600 premium line votes from a phone in Leinster House at a cost of €2,600 to the Irish taxpayer helped Michael Healy-Rae win Celebrities Go Wild in 2007.[5] O'Sullivan admitted making "around a dozen" calls and texts to support Healy-Rae after being asked to do so by Healy-Rae's campaign manager.[6]
He did not contest the 2025 Seanad election.[7]