Daniel Morrissey
Daniel Morrissey (died 1981) was an Irish politician who served in Dáil Éireann for thirty-five years.[1]
He was a native of Nenagh, County Tipperary. He was first elected to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Tipperary Mid, North and South.[2] He was elected at the 1932 general election as an independent, but joined Cumann na nGaedheal the following year.
In the First Inter-Party Government, he was appointed to the cabinet under John A. Costello in 1948 as Minister for Industry and Commerce. In 1954, he declined accepting a cabinet position in the Second Inter-Party Government due to his age.
In Professor Tom Garvin's review of the 1950s News from a New Republic, he comes in for praise as a moderniser and the instigator of the Industrial Development Authority. Garvin places him with a cross party group including Gerard Sweetman of Fine Gael and William Norton of the Labour Party as well as Seán Lemass of Fianna Fáil who were pushing a modernising agenda.
Morrissey was elected to Dáil Éireann at every election until the 1957 general election when he retired from politics.
References
- ^ "Mr. Daniel Morrissey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Daniel Morrissey". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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