Jim Walsh (Irish politician)
| Jim Walsh | |
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| Senator | |
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In office September 1997 – April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 May 1947 New Ross, County Wexford |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil (1974–2015, 2016–) |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent (2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Furlong |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Jim Walsh (born 5 May 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann between 1997 and 2016.
Walsh is a native of New Ross, County Wexford. Walsh attended New Ross Christian Brothers School. He is married to Marie Furlong, they have one son and two daughters. Outside of his Seanad duties, he works as a businessman and company director. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport, a Senator of Junior Chamber International and is a former president of the Irish Road Hauliers' Association.
He was elected in 1974 to New Ross Town Council, serving as Mayor for nine terms and a member of Wexford County Council from 1979 to 2004, serving as Mayor from 1992 to 1993. Walsh was National Chairman of the Irish Local Authority Members Association from 1997 to 2002.
In 1997, he was first elected to Seanad Éireann by the Agricultural Panel. From 1997 to 2002, he served as government spokesman on Environment and Local Government in the Seanad. In subsequent terms he served as government spokesperson on Justice, Equality, and Law Reform between 2002 and 2007, and Communications, Energy, and Natural resources from 2007 to 2011. He is currently the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Trade and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee.
He is currently a Board Member of Parliamentarians for Global Action, a New York-based non-governmental organization dealing with peace, democracy, human rights and the rules of law. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as well as being a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and a participant in the International Catholic Legislator's Network since its inauguration.
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