Eoin Ryan
Eoin Ryan (born February 24, 1953) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Dublin. Ryan was born in Dublin in 1953 and educated at St. Mary's College, Rathmines, College of Commerce, Rathmines and Kildalton Horticulture College, County Kilkenny. He first became involved in politics in 1985 when he was elected to Dublin City Council. In 1989 he was elected to Seanad Éireann. Ryan was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time in 1992. He was re-elected in 1997 topping the poll in his Dublin South East constituency. In 1999 Ryan was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Local Government with responsibility for National Drug Strategy. Member of Dublin City Council since 1985. Married with three children. In 2004 he was elected to the European Parliament as a member of Fianna Fáil. He subsequently joined the Union for a Europe of Nations grouping. Eoin Ryan comes from a famed Irish political dynasty. His father, also called Eoin Ryan, was a Senator in Seanad Éireann for a number of years. Ryan's grandfather was Dr. James Ryan, a founding-member of Fianna Fáil and a long-serving Cabinet Minister.
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