Éamonn Walsh (politician)
Irish politician (1945–2025)
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Éamonn Walsh (20 September 1945 – 26 January 2025) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-West from 1992 to 1997.[1]
Éamonn Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office November 1992 – June 1997 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1945 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 26 January 2025 (aged 79) Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Walsh |
| Children | 3 |
Life and career
A former art teacher, Walsh unsuccessfully contested the 1987 general election for Labour in Dublin South-West. He did not contest the 1989 general election. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1992 general election. He lost his seat at the 1997 general election. Walsh unsuccessfully contested the Seanad Éireann election held later that year. He also failed to win a seat at the 2002 general election.[2]
He was elected to Dublin County Council in 1991 for the Terenure area, and from 1999 to 2009 he was a local councillor for the Terenure-Rathfarnham area on South Dublin County Council.[2]
Walsh died on 26 January 2025, at the age of 80.[3]