Thomas Pringle (politician)
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Thomas Pringle TD |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal South-West |
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| Born | August 1967 (age 49) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Sinn Féin (2004–07) |
| Website | www |
Thomas Pringle (born August 1967) is an Irish left-wing independent politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency. He formerly served as a TD for the Donegal South-West constituency and as a councillor on Donegal County Council.
Pringle was born into a Republican family. His father Peter was a supporter of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and was convicted of the killing of two members of the Gardaí in 1980, a conviction that was subsequently declared as unsafe, although it has not been certified as a miscarriage of justice. He is a patron of the People's Movement which campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty.
Pringle was previously a member of Donegal County Council having been elected as an independent councillor in 1999 and then as a Sinn Féin candidate in 2004. He left Sinn Féin in 2007 and retained his seat as an independent in 2009.
Pringle was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal South-West constituency at the 2011 general election, unseating the incumbent Tánaiste Mary Coughlan.
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