13-585: The Irish Medical Times is an weekly newspaper for Irish physicians. It was founded in 1967 by John O'Connell , who went on to become the Minister for Health . The paper contains news, features, clinical articles, interviews and opinion pieces and is regularly cited as a news source in the Irish national media . Previous editors include Maureen Browne, Aindreas McEntee, Colin Kerr, Terence Cosgrave and Dara Gantly. As of 2021,
26-636: A Labour Party TD for Dublin South-West at the 1965 general election . He held a seat for the party in the constituency until a revision of constituencies in 1977, when he was elected for Dublin Ballyfermot . At the first direct elections in 1979 to the European Parliament , he was elected with his running mate Michael O'Leary to the Dublin constituency. There was a further revision of constituencies at
39-589: A meeting in his home between Harold Wilson MP , then leader of the British Labour Party , and Dáithí Ó Conaill , a member of the Provisional IRA Army Council . Negotiations that night to broker a ceasefire were successful in the short term, but ultimately broke down. In 1988 he published a memoir, Doctor John: crusading doctor and politician . Note that the boundaries of Dublin South-West from 1981 onwards share no common territory with
52-598: The 1981 general election . He failed to be selected as a Labour Party candidate for Dublin South-Central with party leader Frank Cluskey . O'Connell was encouraged to stand in Dublin West , but refused. He contested Dublin South-Central as an independent candidate, topping the poll, while Cluskey lost his seat. When the 22nd Dáil met in June 1981, O'Connell was elected as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann . He resigned from
65-615: The 1987 general election . That year he was one of those nominated by the Taoiseach Charles Haughey to the 18th Seanad , serving until he regained his Dáil seat at the 1989 general election . Following Albert Reynolds ' resignation from cabinet, O'Connell supported him and is seen as one of those who helped persuade Haughey to resign when he did. O'Connell was appointed Minister for Health by Reynolds in 1992. He remained as Minister for Health until 1993, when owing to ill-health, he retired from cabinet and then resigned from
78-592: The European Parliament . In March 1982, at the beginning of the 23rd Dáil , he was again elected as Ceann Comhairle. However, in December 1982, when the 24th Dáil met, his nomination to the position was unsuccessful, being defeated by Fine Gael TD Tom Fitzpatrick . As outgoing Ceann Comhairle, O'Connell was returned automatically in the two elections of 1982. He remained an independent TD until February 1985, when he joined Fianna Fáil . He lost his Dáil seat at
91-571: The Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald . The 24th Dáil lasted 1,499 days. Fine Gael and the Labour Party , denoted with bullets ( ● ), formed the 19th government of Ireland . Labour left the government on 20 January 1987, after which FitzGerald sought a dissolution of the Dáil. This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 24th Dáil from December 1982. This
104-532: The Dáil. Further controversy surrounded O'Connell's relationship with Charles Haughey in later years. It was revealed during the Moriarty Tribunal firstly that O'Connell was the middleman for donations from Arab tycoon Mahmoud Fustok to Haughey; and secondly that O'Connell had invested a significant sum in Celtic Helicopters, a business venture owned by Haughey's son Ciarán. In the 1970s he arranged
117-636: The Taoiseach . O'Connell was born in a tenement at Aungier Street , Dublin , and educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin and the Royal College of Surgeons , Dublin. In 1960 he founded MIMS Ireland , a monthly index of medical specialties, and in 1967 he founded the Irish Medical Times , a weekly broadsheet for doctors. He began his political career when he was elected to Dáil Éireann as
130-847: The editor of Irish Medical Times was Terence Cosgrave - who was re-appointed having previously served as editor from 2007-2010. The paper runs the Irish Healthcare Awards each year in October, the awards ceremony for which takes place in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin . The Irish Medical Times won the Periodical Publishers' Association of Ireland's 'website of the year' award in December 2008. Reed Business Information sold Irish Medical Times to Metropolis International in 2009. John O%27Connell (Dublin politician) John Francis O'Connell (20 January 1927 – 8 March 2013)
143-612: The pre-1977 boundaries. See §History and boundaries 24th D%C3%A1il The 24th Dáil was elected at the November 1982 general election on 24 November 1982 and met on 14 December 1982. The members of Dáil Éireann , the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs . It sat with the 17th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. On 20 January 1987, President Patrick Hillery dissolved
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#1733092409547156-430: Was an Irish Labour Party , independent and Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Health from 1992 to 1993 and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1981 to 1982. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1993. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1979 to 1981. He was a Senator from 1987 to 1989, after being nominated by
169-405: Was not the official seating plan. [REDACTED] On the meeting of the Dáil, Tom Fitzpatrick (FG) was proposed by Garret FitzGerald (FG) and seconded by Peter Barry (FG) for the position of Ceann Comhairle . John O'Connell (Ind), who had served in the position in the previous two Dála, was proposed by Neil Blaney (IFF) and seconded by Charles Haughey (FF). Fitzpatrick was elected on
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