Eoghan Fitzsimons Explained

Eoghan Fitzsimons
Honorific-Suffix:SC
Order:24th
Office:Attorney General of Ireland
Term Start:11 November 1994
Term End:15 December 1994
Predecessor:Harry Whelehan
Successor:Dermot Gleeson
Birth Date:13 June 1943
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Fianna Fáil

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallery of previous Attorneys General – 1981 to 1994 . Office of the Attorney General . 11 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709161525/http://www.attorneygeneral.ie/ago/gallery2.html . 9 July 2011 .
  2. Book: Bertie Ahern: The Autobiography. Page 164. 9780099539254. 19 January 2015. Ahern. Bertie. 2010. Arrow . 22 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210922235044/https://books.google.com/books?id=UeDQJcJKXkUC&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=eoghan+fitzsimons+bertie+ahern#q=eoghan%20fitzsimons%20bertie%20ahern. live.
  3. Web site: Eoghan Fitzsimons. ElectionsIreland.org. 11 January 2012. 18 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111018163635/http://electionsireland.org//candidate.cfm?id=3129. live.