Gerard Murphy (Irish politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish Fine Gael politician
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Place of Birth: County Cork, Munster, Ireland
About Gerard Murphy (Irish politician)
- Gerard Murphy (born 25 March 1951) is an Irish Fine Gael politician.
- He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency from 2002 to 2007.Murphy was elected to the 29th Dail at the 2002 general election, ousting his Fine Gael running-mate, three-term TD Michael Creed.
- He was Fine Gael's deputy spokesperson on Justice.
- He was previously a member of Cork County Council, to which he was elected in 1991.
- He lost his seat at the 2007 general election to his running-mate Michael Creed.
- Following his defeat, he ran for election to Seanad Éireann but was defeated.
- He was re-elected to Cork County Council for the Kanturk electoral area at the 2009 local elections.
- He was returned again to Cork County Council at the 2014 local elections and the 2019 local elections.
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