Nora Owen
| Nora Owen | |
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| Minister for Justice | |
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In office 15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |
| Succeeded by | John O'Donoghue |
| Deputy Leader of the Fine Gael Party | |
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In office 15 December 1993 – 9 February 2001 |
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| Leader | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Peter Barry |
| Succeeded by | Jim Mitchell |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1981 – February 1987 |
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In office June 1989 – May 2002 |
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| Constituency | Dublin North |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 June 1945 Malahide, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Nora Owen (née O'Mahony; born 1 June 1945) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician and is the current presenter of TV3's topical programme Midweek. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin North from 1981 to 1987 and from 1989 to 2002. She also served as Minister for Justice from 1994 to 1997.
Nora O'Mahony was born in Dublin in 1945. She is a sister of Mary Banotti and a grandniece of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. She was educated at Dominican Convent, County Wicklow and University College Dublin (UCD) where she qualified as an industrial chemist.
Owen was first elected to Dublin County Council in 1979 for the Malahide local electoral area. She was later elected as a Fine Gael TD for the first time in 1981, serving until the 1987 election when she lost her seat. That year she became a member of the executive of Trócaire. She returned to Dáil Éireann in 1989 becoming Deputy Leader of Fine Gael in 1993. The following year she became Minister for Justice, remaining in that post until 1997. Journalist Veronica Guerin was murdered in 1996 and in its aftermath Owen introduced the highly successful Criminal Assets Bureau to crack down on organised crime. In 2002 she became the first high-profile Fine Gael TD to lose her seat in Dublin North in the party's disastrous general election.
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