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Biography

Constituency:
Dublin South Central

Euro Electoral Region:
Dublin

Electoral Status:
Eric is currently a Councillor on Dublin City Council.

Address:
32 Ashdale Road
Terenure
Dublin 6W

Tel:
Home: 01 4901305
Fax: 01 4901305
Mobile: 087-2548429

Email:
ericbyrn@indigo.ie

Website:
http://www.ericbyrne.ie

Political Career:

• Serving member of Dublin City Council
• First elected to the Corporation in 1985, re-relected in 1991
• First elected to Dail Eireann in 1989, re-elected in 1994 and narrowly lost in 1997 and 2007
• Elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, July 2001.
• Topped the poll in the 2004 and 2009 local elections.

Occupation:

• Buildings Officer

Memberships:

• Chairperson of The Housing, Social and Community Affairs Strategic Policy Committee (S.P.C.)
• Chairperson, Dublin City Development Board
• Chairperson, Social Inclusion Measures Group, City Development Board
• Director, Treasure Tots Community Childcare, Ballyfermot
• Director of the Dolphin House Development Board
• Board Member, Crumlin Children's Hospital
• Member of the Dublin 12 Drugs Task Force
• Member of the Dublin 12 Community Safety Partnership.
• Member of the Dublin South Central Joint Policing Committee.
• Director of the Dolphin House Development Board

Other Interests:

• Founding member of the Rialto Policing Forum and the Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House Task Forces
• Has served under OSCE auspices as an International Monitor in Palestine (1992), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997) and the Kyrgyz Republic 2007)

Family Background:

• Married Professor Ellen Hazelkorn; two daughters

Birth Details:

• Born 21.04.1947

Education:

• Synge Street School, Dublin
• Bolton Street College of Technology

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