Jim Tunney (Irish politician)

This article is about the Fianna Fáil politician. For the Labour Party politician, see James Tunney (Irish politician).

Jim Tunney
Minister of State
1977–1981	Education
Parliamentary Secretary
1973	Education
Teachta Dála
In office June 1977 – June 1981
Constituency	Dublin Finglas
In office June 1981 – November 1992
In office June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Dublin North-West
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office 1984–1985
Preceded by	Michael O'Halloran
Succeeded by	Bertie Ahern
Personal details
Born	James C. Tunney (1923-12-25)25 December 1923 Dublin, Ireland
Died	16 January 2002(2002-01-16) (aged 78) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Education	St. Vincent's C.B.S.

James C. Tunney (25 December 1923 – 16 January 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Tunney was born in Dublin in 1923, and was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1969 general election. He served continuously in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1992 general election, having been a TD for Dublin Finglas from 1977 to 1981 when Dublin constituencies were reconfigured as 3-seaters, before being returned for Dublin North-West in 1981. During that period he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education (after 1978, Minister of State at the Department of Education) in three governments. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann. He was also Chairman of Fianna Fáil for ten years and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1984 to 1985.

He also played at senior level for the Dublin county team. He was on the winning side for Dublin in the 1948 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.