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Place of Birth: Bantry, Munster, Ireland
About Denis O'Donovan
- Denis O'Donovan (born 23 July 1955) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since June 2016 and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since 2011.
- He previously served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from April 2011 to 2016.
- He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 2002 to 2007.A native of Bantry, he was elected to Cork County Council in 1985, and re-elected in 1991 and 1999.
- He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the Seanad in 1989.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1993 Seanad election but was elected to the Seanad in 1997 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
- O'Donovan was elected to Dáil Éireann, on his fifth attempt, at the 2002 general election for the Cork South-West constituency.
- He lost his Dáil seat at the 2007 general election, however he was subsequently elected to the Seanad.O'Donovan was the Chairman of the all-party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, established in December 2002 to review the Constitution.
- He has a degree in law from University College Cork and is a qualified solicitor.In June 2010, he lost the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party whip when he failed to support the government on the Dog Breeding Establishment bill.
- He was a Fianna Fáil candidate at the 2011 general election for Cork South-West but was not elected.
- He was re-elected to the Seanad in April 2011.
- He was Leas-Chathaoirleach (Deputy Chairman) of the 24th Seanad.
- and was re-elected again to Seanad Éireann on the Agricultural Panel in April 2016. He became Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann on the 8 June 2016.
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