Dan Boyle (politician)
| Dan Boyle | |
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| Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann | |
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In office 12 September 2007 – 24 April 2011 |
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| Taoiseach |
Bertie Ahern Brian Cowen |
| Leader | Donnie Cassidy |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Ivana Bacik |
| Senator | |
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In office 9 August 2007 – 24 April 2011 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 2002 – June 2007 |
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| Constituency | Cork South–Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Daniel Boyle 14 August 1962 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bláithín Hurley |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork |
| Alma mater | Cork Institute of Technology |
Daniel Boyle (born 14 August 1962) is a former Irish Green Party politician who served as Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann and a Senator from 2007 to 2011. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South–Central from 2002 to 2007. He currently works as campaign manager for the Wales Green Party, in their Cardiff office.
Boyle was born in Chicago, Illinois in the United States to emigrant Irish parents. He has lived in his mother's native city of Cork since eight years of age, in the Turners Cross area of the city. He was educated at local schools; Scoil Chríost Rí and Coláiste Chríost Rí, and at the Cork Institute of Technology where he studied Business Studies and Child Care. He is married to Bláithín Hurley and has one daughter.
In 1991 he was elected to Cork City Council. At the 2002 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork South–Central constituency. He was the Green Party spokesperson on Finance, Social and Family Affairs and Community, Rural Development and the Islands during the 29th Dáil. He was also the party Chief Whip. In 2003 he resigned his seat on Cork City Council where he was replaced by Chris O'Leary.
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