Thomas Meaney
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Before entering politics Meaney worked as a farmer. His father Con Meaney was also a Fianna Fáil TD. When his father retired at the 1965 general election, Tom Meaney succeeded him as the Fianna Fáil TD for the Cork Mid constituency.[1] He was re-elected at every subsequent general election until his retirement from politics at the November 1982 general election.[2] In March 1980, he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy, serving until June 1981.[3]
He was a member of Cork County Council from 1970 to 1977. He was part of a group of Fianna Fáil TDs known as the Gang of 22, who opposed the leadership of Charles Haughey in the early 1980s.[4]
Meaney died on 26 December 2022, at the age of 91.[5]
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