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Dan Boyle
Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann
In office
16 August 2007 – 23 January 2011
TaoiseachBrian Cowen
LeaderDonie Cassidy
Preceded byJohn Dardis
Succeeded byIvana Bacik
Senator
In office
24 August 2007 – 1 April 2011
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Teachta Dála
In office
June 2002 – June 2007
ConstituencyCork South-Central
Personal details
Born
Daniel Boyle

(1962-08-14) 14 August 1962 (age 62)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityIrish
Political partyGreen Party
Spouse
Bláithín Hurley
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(m. 1987; div. 2014)​
Children1
EducationColáiste Chríost Rí
Alma mater

Dan Boyle (born 14 August 1962) is an Irish Green Party politician and author who served as Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011. He was a Senator from 2007 to 2011, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central from 2002 to 2007.[1]

He was elected to Cork City Council in May 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Boyle was born in Chicago, Illinois, to emigrant Irish parents. He has lived in his mother's native city of Cork since he was eight years of age, in the Turners Cross area of the city. He was educated at local schools; Scoil Chríost Rí and Coláiste Chríost Rí, and at the Cork Institute of Technology, where he studied Business Studies and Child Care. He received an MBS in Government from University College Cork in 2015. He was married to Bláithín Hurley from 1987 to 2014,[3][4] they have one daughter.

Political career

In 1991, he was elected to Cork Corporation, the first Green Party candidate to do so.[5] Boyle was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1992 general election and at the Cork South Central By-Election in 1994, but won 16% of the vote in the latter.[6] He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1997 Dáil and Seanad elections, and again unsuccessful in another Cork South Central By-Election in 1998. At the 2002 general election, he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork South-Central constituency. He was the Green Party Spokesperson for Finance, Social and Family Affairs and Community, Rural Development and the Islands during the 29th Dáil. He was also the party whip. In 2002, he resigned his seat on Cork City Council, where he was replaced by Chris O'Leary.

At the 2007 general election, Boyle lost his seat in the Dáil. He was subsequently part of the Green Party team that negotiated a programme that brought the party into the Irish government for the first time in its history. He was nominated by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to Seanad Éireann as a Senator on 3 August 2007. He was appointed as Deputy Leader of the Seanad on 16 August 2007.[7] He succeeded John Gormley as Chair of the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas in 2007. He was succeeded in that office by Roderic O'Gorman in 2011. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Green Party in the 2009 European Parliament election for the South constituency.[8] Commenting on Willie O'Dea's defamation case on 17 February 2010, Boyle said that he has "no confidence" in O'Dea and declaring him to be "compromised".[9] On 18 February 2010, O'Dea resigned as Minister for Defence.[10]

He ran for Dáil Éireann in Cork South-Central constituency at the 2011 general election, but failed to get elected. He stood as a candidate in the 2011 Seanad election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel but was not elected. Boyle defended controversial tweets made regarding the arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Boyle tweeted that he felt that the “Strauss-Kahn sexual assault allegations are of course of the utmost seriousness, but paying $3,000 for a hotel room isn’t all that far behind”. His comments evoked a torrent of criticism on the micro-blogging site, with posters stating that Mr Boyle had belittled sexual crime and made light of the issue. “In the words of Hilary Clinton I miscommunicated and badly it seems,” he stated.[11]

He was an unsuccessful Green Party candidate for Cork City Council at the 2014 local elections. In May 2019, Boyle returned to Cork City Council when he was elected for the Cork City South Central local electoral area.[2][12][13] In exchange for supporting Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and independent Lord Mayors, Boyle was made chair of the council’s environment committee, and a new climate action committee was established.[14] In November 2019, he sought to have further drive-thru restaurants banned in Cork.[15] Regarding the Green Party’s, membership of the 2020 coalition government and resignations of party members, Boyle told RTÉ News that while problems existed in the party, “just like any party,” he believed the Greens were stronger and in a better position to avoid the pitfalls of the 2007-2011 government coalition. He also said that there were more people joining the party than leaving it, and that those who were resigning were mainly people who did not have a long-term connection to the Greens.[16]

The Southern Star reported in October 2020 that Boyle was a voluntary board member of CHA, an Approved Housing Body.[17] He has also served as a board member of the Firkin Crane, the Crawford Art Gallery, Corcadorca Theatre Company, Terence MacSwiney Community College and the Lavitt Gallery. He was made a community representative on the Public Participation Network for Cork City Council.[18][19] Boyle has served as Vice President of the National Youth Council of Ireland and Chair of NASC, the Irish Immigrant Support Agency.[20] Boyle served on the bureau of the National Forum on Europe.[21] He served as a member of the Southern Regional Assembly.[22][23] As of 2021, Boyle served on the Board of the Irish Council of Social Housing (ICSH).[24]

Other work

In 2011, he released a music album titled Third Adolescence.[25]

He has authored three books on political history - A Journey to Change (2006); Without Power of Glory (2012) and Making Up The Numbers (2017).

He was later hired by the Wales Green Party in 2015, as their campaign manager for the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.[26] In 2015, he was credited by the Irish Examiner as being the driving force behind the Green Foundation think tank.

References

  1. ^ "Dan Boyle". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Dan Boyle returns to City Hall on the Green wave". Echo Live. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Savouring the riches of 'Raggy'". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Dan Boyle: It's not easy being Green". independent. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Dan Boyle Books | World of Books". www.worldofbooks.com. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. ^ Fri; Dec, 03; 2021 - 07:00 (3 December 2021). "Cork City Councillor on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Green Party". echo live. Retrieved 6 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "New deputy pledges Seanad reform". BreakingNews.ie. 16 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  8. ^ "Dan Boyle". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Boyle's 'no confidence' in Minister Willie O'Dea". The Irish Times. 17 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Willie O'Dea resigns as Minister for Defence". RTÉ News. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Dan Boyle defends controversial IMF arrest tweets". JOE.
  12. ^ "Full Ireland South recount to go ahead; could cost €1m". Echo Live. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  13. ^ Tue; Nov, 19; 2019 - 05:15 (19 November 2019). "By-elections at right time for Greens". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Sun; Jun, 30; 2019 - 22:18 (30 June 2019). "'As regards to what happened in 2007, I would do that again. I would take the opportunity of being in Government': Dan Boyle on his return to politics". echo live. Retrieved 6 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ O'Connell, Dylan (20 November 2019). "Cork politician wants to ban drive thru restaurants". Cork Beo. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  16. ^ Cionnaith, Fiachra Ó (2 November 2020). "Wave of resignations puts pressure on Greens". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ^ "Community - Skibbereen - Carbery House". The Southern Star. 17 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Irish Times". www.google.ie. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. ^ Dan Boyle
  20. ^ Boyle (27 November 2017). Making up the Numbers: Smaller Parties and Independents in Irish Politics.
  21. ^ European Committee of the Regions
  22. ^ "Celebrating Europe Day 2021: EU Delivers in the Regions". The Southern Star. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Southern Regional Assembly". www.southernassembly.ie. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  24. ^ "ICSH Council and Board of Directors". Irish Council for Social Housing. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Senator Dan Boyle is hoping to strike a chord with the public with the launch of his first album". RTÉ News. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.
  26. ^ "Wales Green Party to announce new Leader at campaign office opening". 11 December 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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