Patrick Cooney

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Patrick (Paddy) Cooney (born March 2, 1931) was an Irish politician.

Cooney was born in 1931 and was educated at Castleknock College. He was unsuccessful in his first three attempts to get elected to Dáil Éireann in 1961, 1965 and 1969. However, in 1970 he was elected as a Fine Gael TD in a by-election in Longford-Westmeath. In 1973 Cooney was appointed to Liam Cosgrave's Cabinet as Minister for Justice. In spite of being a high-profile Cabinet Minister he lost his seat at the 1977 general election but was re-elected again in 1981. Cooney then held a number of positions in Garret FitzGerald's two governments. He held his Dáil seat until 1989 when he was elected to the European Parliament.

Political offices
Preceded by
Desmond O'Malley		 Minister for Justice
1973–1977		 Succeeded by
Gerard Collins
Preceded by
Albert Reynolds		 Minister for Posts & Telegraphs
1981–1982		 Succeeded by
John P. Wilson
Minister for Transport
1981–1982
Preceded by
Paddy Power		 Minister for Defence
1982–1986		 Succeeded by
Paddy O'Toole
Preceded by
Gemma Hussey		 Minister for Education
1986-1987		 Succeeded by
Mary O'Rourke

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