Denis Cregan
Denis Cregan (born 4 May 1940) is an Irish publican and former Fine Gael party politician from Cork, who served for 17 years as a senator.[1]
A former branch vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, Cregan was a long-standing member of Cork City Council from 1979 to 2009, and was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1991 to 1992.[2] He had unsuccessfully contested the Cork South-Central constituency at the 1981 and February 1982 general elections. He stood in the 1982 Seanad elections, winning a seat on the Labour Panel, which he held until his defeat in the 1989 elections to the 19th Seanad Éireann.[3]
He was unsuccessful again when he stood again in Cork South-Central at the 1992 general election, but in the subsequent elections to the 20th Seanad he was re-elected on the Labour Panel. He was re-elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad, but was narrowly defeated in the 2002 elections to the 22nd Seanad.[3]
At the 2004 local elections, he held his seat on Cork City Council, though with a margin of less than 50 votes over the Sinn Féin candidate.[citation needed]
In January 2009 he announced his retirement from politics and did not contest the 2009 local elections.[4]
He is well known in Cork for his chain of Fish and chip shops called Dino's.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Denis Cregan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ "Provosts, Mayors and Lord Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Denis Cregan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Dino calls time after 30 years of service". Irish Examiner. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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