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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Eoin Ryan Jnr
- Eoin Ryan (born 24 February 1953) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
- He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin from 2004 to 2009, and also was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-East from 1992 to 2007.Ryan was born in Dublin in 1953 and educated at St.
- Mary's College, Rathmines; College of Commerce, Rathmines; and Kildalton Horticulture College, County Kilkenny.
- In 1985 he was elected to Dublin City Council.
- In 1989 he was nominated to Seanad Éireann by then Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
- Ryan was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time at the 1992 general election.
- He was re-elected at the 1997 general election, topping the poll in the Dublin South-East constituency.In February 2000 Ryan was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation.
- In 2004 he was elected to the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency.
- He subsequently joined the Union for Europe of the Nations grouping. Ryan comes from an Irish political family.
- His father, Eoin Ryan Snr, was a senator in Seanad Éireann for a number of years.
- Ryan's grandfather was James Ryan, a founding-member of Fianna Fáil and a long-serving cabinet minister. Ryan retired from national politics at the 2007 general election, opting to concentrate on European politics.
- He subsequently lost his seat at the 2009 European Parliament election.
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