Jim Tunney (Irish politician)

James C. Tunney (25 December 1923 – 16 January 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

Tunney was born in Dublin in 1923, and was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1969 general election.[2] He served continuously in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1992 general election, having been a TD for Dublin Finglas from 1977 to 1981 when Dublin constituencies were reconfigured as 3-seaters, before being returned for Dublin North-West in 1981. During that period he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education (after 1978, Minister of State at the Department of Education) in three governments. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann. He was also Chairman of Fianna Fáil for ten years and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1984 to 1985.

He also played at senior level for the Dublin county team. He was on the winning side for Dublin in the 1948 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

References

1. "James C. Tunney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
2. "Jim Tunney". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 January 2011.