Justin Keating
| Justin Keating | |
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| Minister for Industry and Commerce | |
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In office March 1973 – July 1977 |
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| Taoiseach | Liam Cosgrave |
| Preceded by | Patrick Lalor |
| Succeeded by | Desmond O'Malley |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office February 1984 – June 1984 |
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In office January 1973 – February 1973 |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1969 – June 1977 |
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| Constituency | Dublin County North |
| Senator | |
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In office October 1977 – July 1981 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 January 1930 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 31 December 2009 (aged 79) Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Loretta Wine (2) Barbara Hussey |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin University of London |
Justin Keating (7 January 1930 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish Labour Party politician, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and veterinary surgeon. In later life he was president of the Humanist Association of Ireland.
Keating was twice elected to Dáil Éireann and served in Liam Cosgrave's cabinet as Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1973 to 1977. He also gained election to Seanad Éireann and was a Member of the European Parliament. He was considered part of a "new wave" of politicians at the time of his entry to the Dáil.
He was born in Dublin in 1930, a son of the noted painter Seán Keating. Keating was educated at Sandford Park School, and then at University College Dublin (UCD) and the University of London. He became a lecturer in anatomy at the UCD veterinary college from 1955 until 1960 and was senior lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin from 1960 until 1965. He was RTÉ's head of agricultural programmes for two years before returning to Trinity College in 1967. While at RTÉ, he scripted and presented Telefís Feirme, a series for the agricultural community, for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1966.
In the 1950s and 1960s Keating was a member of the Communist Irish Workers' Party. Keating was first elected to the Dáil as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County North constituency at the 1969 general election. From 1973 to 1977 he served in the National Coalition government under Liam Cosgrave as Minister for Industry and Commerce. In 1973 he was appointed a Member of the European Parliament from the Oireachtas, serving on the short-lived first delegation.
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