Joe Costello (politician)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Joe Costello
TD
File:Joe Costello 2013.jpg
Costello in 2013
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
May 2002
In office
November 1992 – June 1997
Constituency Dublin Central
Minister of State
for Trade and Development
In office
20 December 2011 – 15 July 2014
Preceded by Jan O'Sullivan
Succeeded by Office abolished
Senator
In office
July 1997 – May 2002
In office
November 1989 – November 1992
Constituency Administrative Panel
Personal details
Born (1945-07-13) 13 July 1945 (age 78)
Geevagh, County Sligo
Nationality Irish
Political party Labour Party
Spouse(s) Emer Costello
Alma mater St Patrick's College, Maynooth,
University College Dublin

Joe Costello (born 13 July 1945) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency and previously served as Minister of State for Trade and Development from December 2011 to July 2014.[1]

Costello was born in Geevagh, County Sligo and was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo, St Patrick's College, Maynooth and University College Dublin. He worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a full-time public representative.[2]

He joined the Labour Party in 1985, and in 1989 he was elected to the 19th Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel.[3] He remained there until the 1992 general election when he was elected to Dáil Éireann. Costello lost his seat at the 1997 general election but was subsequently elected to the Seanad again. Costello was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.[3]

His wife Emer Costello is a former MEP for Dublin.

On 20 December 2011, he was appointed as Minister of State for Trade and Development, a position he served in until 15 July 2014.[4] He was dropped as a Minister of State in a reshuffle in July 2014.[5] He was then appointed to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Oireachtas
Preceded by
Constituency redrawn
 Labour Party Teachta Dála for Dublin Central
1992–1997		 Succeeded by
Marian McGennis
(Fianna Fáil)
Preceded by Labour Party Teachta Dála for Dublin Central
2002–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State for Trade and Development
2011–2014		 Succeeded by
Office abolished
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Joe_Costello_(politician)&oldid=3358365"