Tony McLoughlin explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 2016
Term End:February 2020
Constituency:Sligo–Leitrim
Term Start1:February 2011
Term End1:February 2016
Constituency1:Sligo–North Leitrim
Birth Date:19 January 1949
Birth Place:Sligo, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Fine Gael
Spouse:Paula McLoughlin
Children:3
Relatives:Joseph McLoughlin (uncle)
Alma Mater:University College Dublin

Tony McLoughlin (born 19 January 1949) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 2011 to 2020.[1] [2]

He was elected to Sligo County Council in 1974 and was subsequently elected to Sligo Borough Council in 1979, in place of his father Pat.[2] He has served four separate terms as Mayor of Sligo.[3]

McLoughlin is a nephew of Joseph McLoughlin, who was a Fine Gael TD for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1961 to 1977.[4]

In 2017, McLoughlin's Private Members Legislation to provide for the prohibition of the exploration and extraction of petroleum from shale rock, tight sands and coal seams in the Irish onshore and Ireland's internal waters was enacted and the process otherwise known as Fracking was banned in Ireland.[5]

In June 2018, McLoughlin announced that he would not be contesting the next general election.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tony McLoughlin. Oireachtas Members Database. 18 October 2011. 23 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223817/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Tony-McLoughlin.D.2011-03-09/. live.
  2. Web site: Tony McLoughlin. ElectionsIreland.org. 18 October 2011. 11 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191815/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=5439. live.
  3. Web site: Candidates 2011 – Cllr. Tony McLoughlin. TheJournal.ie. 27 February 2011. 27 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110227060505/http://www.thejournal.ie/election-candidates-2011/sligo-north-leitrim/tony-mcloughlin/. live.
  4. News: FG likely to make gain in Sligo–North Leitrim. The Irish Times. 8 February 2011. 27 February 2011. 23 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023092228/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0208/1224289259384.html. live.
  5. Web site: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Act 2017 – No. 15 of 2017 – Houses of the Oireachtas .
  6. Web site: Sligo Leitrim Fine Gael TD wont contest next general election . Shannon Side . 28 June 2018 . 15 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200915130351/https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/leitrim/sligo-leitrim-fine-gael-td-wont-contest-next-general-election/ . live .