Denis Lyons

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Denis Lyons (born 1935) is a retired Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and former junior minister in the Irish government.

Lyons was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1981 general election, when he was one of two Fianna Fáil candidates returned to the 22nd Dáil as TDs for the Cork North-Central constituency. He was re-elected at the next four general elections, until his defeat at the 1992 general election.

He achieved ministerial office in 1987, in the 25th Dáil, when Fianna Fáil returned to power under Taoiseach Charles Haughey and formed the 29th Government of Ireland. From 12 March 1987 to 31 March 1987, Lyons served briefly as Minister of State at the Department of the Marine (under Minister Brendan Daly), before being appointed as Minister of State for Tourism and Transport under minister John P. Wilson.

At 1989 general election, Fianna Fáil had hoped to increase its representation in the 26th Dáil, but instead lost seats and found itself in a coalition government with the Progressive Democrats. Lyons returned to his previous job as Minister of State, this type in the renamed Department of Tourism Transport and Communications, under Minister Séamus Brennan. He left ministerial office in a reshuffle on 11th February 1992.

At the 1992 general election, Fianna Fáil won only one seat in the five-seater Cork North-Central constituency, and Fine Gael's Liam Burke replaced Lyons in the 27th Dáil. He then stood unsuccessfully in the 1993 Seanad Éireann elections on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He contested the 1997 Seanad elections on the Cultural and Educational Panel, but lost again, and retired from politics.

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database

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