Ned O'Sullivan
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Senator Ned O'Sullivan |
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| Senator | |
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Assumed office July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 November 1950 Listowel, Kerry, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Madeleine Murphy |
| Children | 3 |
| Website |
University College Dublin, St Patrick's College of Education |
Ned O'Sullivan (born 25 November 1950) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel. He was a member of Listowel Town Council from 1985 to 2007 and Kerry County Council from 1991 to 2007. He was educated at University College Dublin and St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra, he worked as a teacher at primary and secondary level in Dublin, Offaly and Kerry before taking over his family's menswear business in Listowel. He was a cousin of Kit Ahern, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and senator.
In December 2008, he sent silk ties (worth €25 each) to approximately 400 County councillors. He is the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Transport, Tourism and Sport.
In June 2011, it was revealed that 3,600 premium line votes from a phone in Leinster House at a cost of €2,600 to the Irish taxpayer helped Michael Healy-Rae win Celebrities Go Wild in 2007. O'Sullivan admitted making "around a dozen" calls and texts to support Healy-Rae after being asked to do so by Healy-Rae's campaign manager.
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