Ger Connolly
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Gerard C. Connolly (16 April 1937 – 25 January 2024) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] A farmer and auctioneer, Connolly was first elected to the 19th Dáil as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency on his first attempt at the 1969 general election and was re-elected until retiring at the 1997 general election.[2]
When Charles Haughey became Taoiseach in 1979, Connolly was appointed Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and was re-appointed to the same position during the Haughey Governments of 1982, 1987 to 1989, and 1989 to 1992.
Connolly was not appointed a Minister of State under the succeeding Albert Reynolds government and retired in 1997.
He died on 25 January 2024, at the age of 86.[3] [4]
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- 1937 births
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- Fianna Fáil TDs
- Members of the 19th Dáil
- Members of the 20th Dáil
- Members of the 21st Dáil
- Members of the 22nd Dáil
- Members of the 23rd Dáil
- Members of the 24th Dáil
- Members of the 25th Dáil
- Members of the 26th Dáil
- Members of the 27th Dáil
- Members of Offaly County Council
- 20th-century Irish farmers
- Ministers of State of the 26th Dáil
- Ministers of State of the 25th Dáil
- Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil
- Ministers of State of the 21st Dáil