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Joe O'Toole

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Joe O'Toole
Senator
In office
April 1987 – April 2011
ConstituencyNational University
Personal details
Born(1947-07-20)20 July 1947(age 76)
Dingle,County Kerry,Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Dublin

Joseph John O'Toole(born 20 July 1947) is an Irish formerindependent politician,who was a member ofSeanad Éireannfrom 1987 to 2011.[1]

He was born and brought up inDingle,County Kerry,O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school principal inCounty Dublin.From 1990 to 2001, he was appointed General Secretary of theIrish National Teachers' Organisation(INTO), and from 2001 to 2003, he was President of theIrish Congress of Trade Unions(ICTU). He lives in Kilsallaghan, County Dublin.

He was first elected to the18th Seanadin 1987 for theNational University(NUI) constituency, and was re-elected by the same constituency at each subsequent election until he retired from politics at the 2011 Seanad election.[2]

In the Seanad, he was a member of the Parliamentary Joint Finance Committee. His autobiography "Looking under stones: roots, family and a Dingle childhood",was published in 2003.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Joe O'Toole".Oireachtas Members Database.Archivedfrom the original on 20 April 2019.Retrieved17 March2010.
  2. ^"Joe O'Toole".ElectionsIreland.org.Archivedfrom the original on 22 February 2011.Retrieved17 March2010.
Trade union offices
Preceded by General Secretary of theIrish National Teachers' Organisation
1990–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of theIrish Congress of Trade Unions
2001–2003
Succeeded by
Brendan Mackin