Nationality: | Irish |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | May 2007 |
Term End: | February 2011 |
Constituency: | Dublin North |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1949 |
Birth Place: | Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Kennedy (born 1 February 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.
He served as a member of Fingal County Council from 1991 to 2007, and was Mayor from 2002 to 2003. He was an insurance broker before entering politics.
From 2007 to 2011, he was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1998 Dublin North by-election and at the 2002 general election but was elected at the 2007 general election.[2] He lost his seat at the 2011 general election, being eliminated on the fourth count.