| Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | |
|---|---|
| 1st delegation | (1973) |
| 2nd delegation | (1973–1977) |
| 3rd delegation | (1977–1979) |
| 1st term | (1979) |
| 2nd term | (1984) |
| 3rd term | (1989) |
| 4th term | (1994) |
| 5th term | (1999) |
| 6th term | (2004) |
| 7th term | (2009) |
| 8th term | (2014) |
| 9th term | (2019) |
| 10th term | (2024) |
| List of women MEPs | |
This is a list of the 15 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 1979 European Parliament election. They served in the 1979 to 1984 session.
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
| Party | Outgoing | Constituency | Reason | Date | Replacement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | Munster | Desmond appointed as Minister for Health on 30 June 1981 | 7 July 1981 | Seán Treacy | |
| Labour | Liam Kavanagh | Leinster | Kavanagh appointed as Minister for Labour on 30 June 1981 | 9 July 1981 | Séamus Pattison† | |
| Labour | John O'Connell | Dublin | O'Connell appointed as Ceann Comhairle on 30 June 1981 | 21 October 1981 | John Horgan† | |
| Labour | Michael O'Leary | Dublin | O'Leary appointed as Tánaiste on 30 June 1981 | 1 July 1981 | Frank Cluskey† | |
| Labour | Séamus Pattison | Leinster | Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 | 8 February 1984 | Justin Keating | |
| Labour | John Horgan | Dublin | Horgan resigned on 1 January 1983 | 2 March 1983 | Flor O'Mahony | |
| Labour | Frank Cluskey | Dublin | Cluskey resigned on 14 December 1982 | 2 March 1982 | Brendan Halligan | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | Munster | Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 | 23 May 1984 | None | |
Seán Flanagan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Gaelic footballer. He served as Minister for Health from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Lands from 1969 to 1973 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1966. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Connacht–Ulster constituency from 1979 to 1989. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency from 1951 to 1969 and for the Mayo East constituency from 1969 to 1977.
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Munster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 5 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989 and 4 MEPs in the 1994 and 1999 elections using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Connacht–Ulster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. Throughout its history, it elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote (STV) system.
Leinster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the 1979, 1984 and 1989 elections and 4 MEPs in the elections of 1994 and 1999 using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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Cambridgeshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. It was first created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, but was abolished in 1984 election.
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Hertfordshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.
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