- Nora Owen
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Nora Owen Minister for Justice and Equality In office
15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997Preceded by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Succeeded by John O'Donoghue Teachta Dála In office
1981 – 1987In office
1989 – May 2002Constituency Dublin North Personal details Born 14 June 1945
Dublin, IrelandNationality Irish Political party Fine Gael Alma mater University College Dublin Religion Roman Catholic Nora Owen (born June 1945), is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. 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.[1]
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Early life
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 where she qualified as an industrial chemist.
Political career
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.[2]
Post-political life
Owen is the patron of the Collins 22 Society, which works to keep the memory and legacy of Michael Collins in living memory. She occasionally works as an election pundit. In August 2011, it was announced she was to present the Irish version of Mastermind on TV3.[3]
References
- ^ "Mrs. Nora Owen". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=28&MemberID=967&ConstID=84. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Nora Owen". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3305. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ McGreevy, Ronan. "TV3 mixes some highbrow with reality for autumn", The Irish Times, 19 August 2011.
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Political offices Preceded by
Máire Geoghegan-QuinnMinister for Justice
1994–1997Succeeded by
John O'DonoghueThe stars of TV3 Ireland News and current affairs Siobhan Bastible • Vincent Browne • Claire Byrne • Paul Byrne • Alan Cantwell • Dyane Connor • Elaine Crowley • Brian Daly • Colette Fitzpatrick • Ursula Halligan • Jerome Hughes • Geraldine Lynagh • Jenny McCudden • Sybil Mulcahy • Stephen Murphy • Brian O'Donovan • Gráinne Seoige • Sharon TobinEntertainment Amanda Byram • Mark Cagney • Lisa Cannon • Brendan Courtney • Bill Cullen • Maura Derrane • Sinead Desmond • Keith Duffy • Ray Foley • Glenda Gilson •Lorraine Keanereplaced by Sean Munsanje • Patrick Kielty • Karen Koster • Aisling O' Loughlin • Nora Owen • Una Power • Laura WoodsSport Packie Bonner • Tony Cascarino • Aidan Cooney • Matt Cooper • Sinéad Kissane • Martin Keown • Mark Lawrenson • Conor McNamara • Kieran McSweeney • Tommy Martin • John Toshack • Trevor WelchWeather Martin King • Alan Hughes • Anna DalyFine Gael Leaders Eoin O'Duffy (1933–34) · W. T. Cosgrave (1934–44) · Richard Mulcahy (1944–59) · James Dillon (1959–65) · Liam Cosgrave (1965–77) · Garret FitzGerald (1977–87) · Alan Dukes (1987–90) · John Bruton (1990–2001) · Michael Noonan (2001–02) · Enda Kenny (2002–)Deputy leaders Peter Barry (1977–87) · John Bruton (1987–90) · Peter Barry (1991–93) · Nora Owen (1993–2001) · Jim Mitchell (2001–02) · Richard Bruton (2002–10) · James Reilly (2010–)Leadership elections Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) · Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) · Austin Currie (1990) · Mary Banotti (1997) · Gay Mitchell (2011)Unopposed presidential candidates
with Fine Gael supportRelated topics Bruton Cabinet (1994–1997) Seán Barrett · Niamh Bhreathnach · Richard Bruton · Hugh Coveney · Proinsias De Rossa · Alan Dukes · Michael D. Higgins · Brendan Howlin · Enda Kenny · Michael Lowry · Michael Noonan · Nora Owen · Ruairi Quinn · Dick Spring · Mervyn Taylor · Ivan Yates
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