Eoghan Fitzsimons

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Eoghan Fitzsimons
SC
24th Attorney General of Ireland
In office
11 November 1994 15 December 1994

Eoghan Fitzsimons SC (born 13 June 1943) is an Irish barrister who served as Attorney General of Ireland from November 1994 to December 1994.

He served as Attorney General of Ireland from 11 November to 15 December 1994. [1] During his tenure as Attorney General, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern described Fitzsimons's relationship with the government and then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds as "strained". [2] He stood as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Dublin Clontarf constituency at the 1977 general election but was not elected. [3]

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References

  1. "Gallery of previous Attorneys General – 1981 to 1994". Office of the Attorney General. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. Ahern, Bertie (2010). Bertie Ahern: The Autobiography. ISBN   9780099539254. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2015.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "Eoghan Fitzsimons". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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