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Barry Desmond (Barry Seán Desmond) was born on 15 May, 1935 in Cork, Ireland, is an Irish Labour Party politician (born 1935). Discover Barry Desmond's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

Popular As Barry Seán Desmond
Occupation N/A
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 15 May, 1935
Birthday 15 May
Birthplace Cork, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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Who Is Barry Desmond's Wife?

His wife is Stella Murphy (m. 1960)

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Barry Desmond Net Worth

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1935

Barry Desmond (born 15 May 1935) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who was Minister for Health from 1982 to 1987 and Minister for Social Welfare from 1982 to 1986.

Desmond was born in Cork in 1935, and was educated at Coláiste Chríost Rí, the School of Commerce and University College Cork.

He became a trade union official with the ITGWU (which would later merge with other trade unions, becoming SIPTU) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

Con was the President of the IT&GWU in Cork.

1965

His father Cornelius (Con) was Lord Mayor of Cork in 1965–66 and was active in the labour movement.

1969

He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1989, a Minister of State from 1981 to 1982, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin from 1989 to 1994, and Ireland's member of the European Court of Auditors from 1994 to 2000.

Desmond first entered Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election, when he was elected as a Labour Party TD for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown.

1973

He retained his seat there in 1973 and was then elected in 1977 at Dún Laoghaire, where he won a seat at every election until his retirement from the Dáil in 1989.

1981

From 1981 to 1982, he served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for Economic Planning, under Garret FitzGerald as Taoiseach.

1982

In 1982, after Michael O'Leary's resignation as Labour Party leader, Dick Spring was elected as the party's new leader and Desmond was chosen as his deputy.

After the November 1982 general election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party formed a majority government.

In the second FitzGerald administration, Desmond was appointed Minister for Social Welfare and Minister for Health.

1986

FitzGerald began a major cabinet reshuffle in February 1986, with the intention to appoint him as Minister for Justice; Desmond refused, and Spring supported him in that attitude.

The outcome was that he remained as Minister for Health while Gemma Hussey took on the Social Welfare portfolio.

1987

On 20 January 1987, the Labour ministers resigned from the government, leading to the 1987 general election.

At the election, Fianna Fáil returned to office.

1989

Desmond did not contest the 1989 general election, and on 15 June 1989 he was elected as a Labour Party MEP for Dublin, serving until 1994.

1994

He served as a member of the European Court of Auditors from 1994 to 2000, being replaced by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

2006

He was elected president of the Maritime Institute of Ireland on 18 November 2006.

He remains a member of the Council of the Maritime Institute of Ireland.

As president he oversaw the revision of its articles of association and the securing of €3.2 million funding for the restoration of Mariners' Church, Dún Laoghaire, which houses the National Maritime Museum of Ireland.