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    Mary Harney (born 11 March 1953) is an Irish former politician and the former Chancellor of the University of Limerick. She was leader of the Progressive...
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    opposites Democratic Left. Mary Harney became the new leader after a bitter electoral contest with Pat Cox who later left the party. Harney was the first woman...
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    affected. In September 2004, he exchanged government positions with Mary Harney, to become Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The following...
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    Michael John Harney is an American actor of film, television, and theater. He is best known for starring on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New...
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    Mary O'Rourke (née Lenihan; 31 May 1937 – 3 October 2024) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fianna Fáil...
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    conference in May 2006 in place of the Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney. He addressed a United Nations committee on children's rights in September...
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    Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2002 to 2007. After Mary Harney resigned as leader of the Progressive Democrats in September 2006, McDowell...
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    of four more Ministers, Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern, Tony Killeen and Mary Harney; the day after that, another Minister, Batt O'Keefe, resigned. The Ministers...
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    Douglas Hyde, and – in more recent times – Government Ministers like Mary Harney (who was the first female auditor of the society) and Brian Lenihan,...
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  • leader Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach, with Progressive Democrats leader Mary Harney as Tánaiste. It was the first, and to date only, coalition government...
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    suggesting they would overtake Labour as the third biggest party, and with Mary Harney as the most popular party leader, the Progressive Democrats struggled...
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  • Florida in August 2005 (later infamously linked with the politician Mary Harney), Molloy implied that the amount of money, "in terms of the total package...
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    Tánaiste was Mary Harney (1997–2006), who in 1993 had become the first woman to lead a political party in the Dáil. Harney was followed by Mary Coughlan (2008–2011)...
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    months earlier than in previous years. Following the resignation of Mary Harney in January 2011, Coughlan was also appointed as Minister for Health and...
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    the Progressive Democrats. Several Fianna Fáil TDs joined including Mary Harney and Bobby Molloy. In November 1985, the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed...
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    William Selby Harney (August 22, 1800 – May 9, 1889), otherwise known among the Lakota as "Woman Killer" and "Mad Bear," was an American cavalry officer...
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    were highlighted when Progressive Democrat coalition partner leader Mary Harney, traditionally a stern supporter of her former colleague, called on Ahern...
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  • under Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sent Tánaiste Mary Harney on a world trip to invite people to come to Ireland. Harney visited 5 countries in Africa, including...
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    His grandfather, Patrick Lenihan, also served in the Oireachtas. His aunt, Mary O'Rourke, is a former TD, Senator and Minister, while his brother, Brian...
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    Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011, Deputy...
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    Dublin Central 26 June 1997 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil 25th FF–PD (minority) Mary Harney 28 (1997) 26th FF–PD 29 (2002) Michael McDowell 27th FF–Green–PD Brian...
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  • Canadian politician Mary Harney (born 1953), Irish politician Paul Harney (1929–2011), American professional golfer Richard "Hacksaw" Harney (1902–1973), American...
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    Boston. Spiritually we are probably a lot closer to Boston than Berlin. – Mary Harney, Tánaiste, 2000 The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their...
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    (FG) Mary Harney (FF) Mervyn Taylor (Lab) 4 seats 1981–1992 23rd 1982 (Feb) 24th 1982 (Nov) Michael O'Leary (FG) 25th 1987 Chris Flood (FF) Mary Harney (PDs)...
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    the longest serving female TD in the history of the State, overtaking Mary Harney. Shortall was born and raised in Drumcondra, Dublin. Her father was a...
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  • Republican Army actions List of massacres in Ireland Mary Harney (2001). "Dail Remarks by Mary Harney, T.D., Tánaiste and Leader of the Progressive Democrats...
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    Ahern Dermot Ahern Séamus Brennan Brian Cowen Mary Coughlan Martin Cullen Noel Dempsey Mary Hanafin Mary Harney Charlie McCreevy Michael McDowell Micheál...
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  • announced the formation of the Progressive Democrats. He was joined by Mary Harney (like O'Malley, an independent TD expelled from Fianna Fáil), and later...
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  • born in Money, Mississippi, United States. His parents were Mary Howard and Dick Harney; his church deacon father having foregone secular music in enrolling...
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    Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; née Bourke; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who served as the seventh president of Ireland...
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