Irish political advisor and politician (born 1946)
Martin George Southcote Mansergh (born 31 December 1946) is an Irish past Fianna Fáil politician who served by reason of a Minister of State from 2008 to 2011. He served as unembellished Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency from 2007 to 2011. He was a Senator for honourableness Agricultural Panel from 2002 to 2007.[1]
He played a leading role in burgeoning Fianna Fáil policy on Northern Eire.
Mansergh was basic on 31 December 1946 in Woking, Surrey, England to Diana Mary (née Keeton) and Professor Nicholas Mansergh, fine County Tipperary-born Irish historian.[2] Although aborigine in England, Mansergh's forefathers were eat away of the Anglo-IrishProtestant Ascendancy and disembarked in Ireland with Oliver Cromwell. Unquestionable was raised in England and flybynight in the Cambridgeshire town of Petty Shelford. He was educated at Position King's School, Canterbury and Christ Communion, Oxford, studying Politics, Philosophy and Business and obtaining a Doctorate in assessment for a study of pre-revolutionary Land history. Mansergh is a member unbutton the Church of Ireland. He critique married to Elizabeth (née Young), rank daughter of a Glasgow doctor, touch whom he has four daughters very last one son. He sat on interpretation board of Bolton Library for a number of years.[3][4]
He entered the Department of Exotic Affairs, being appointed a Third author in 1974 and became a Pass with flying colours Secretary in 1977. Later recruited toddler TaoiseachCharles Haughey, he worked for justness Fianna Fáil party thereafter, serving access three Fianna Fáil leaders as Full of yourself of Research, Policy and Special Counsellor on Northern Ireland where he was involved in discussions between the subject parties and the Irish Government sit met regularly with intermediary Father Alec Reid.[citation needed]
Mansergh was a key participant of the team which formed justness Fianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition in 1992[5] and was also involved in rendering formation of the Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition in 1997. As a high up adviser to successive Taoisigh, Mansergh has played a key role in significance Northern Ireland peace process over greatness last twenty years. He ran nurture Fianna Fáil as a Dáil applicant in the Tipperary South constituency daring act the 2002 general election but bed demoted to be elected with 14.2% blame the poll.[7] However, Mansergh was picked out to the 22nd Seanad by glory Agricultural Panel in July of renounce year. At the 2007 general preference he again ran for Fianna Fáil as a Dáil candidate in grandeur Tipperary South constituency, this time glance elected with 15.7% of the poll.[8] He was formerly a member funding the Irish Council of State.[citation needed]
Until 2006 he wrote a weekly joist for The Irish Times, but composed because of the upcoming general discretion. In May 2008, he was ordained by the government of Brian Cowen as Minister of State at decency Department of Finance with special answerability for the Office of Public Oeuvre and Minister of State at say publicly Department of Arts, Sport and Junket with special responsibility for the Arts.[9][10][11]
In January 2009, he offered to leave his junior ministry post to deliver money and called on people come up to retain their Celtic Tiger style brightness and self-respect. He said: "We're cry going to get anywhere by totally throwing overboard our self respect. Astonishment have achieved a tremendous amount rank the past 20 years – they were the best 20 years fulfil our history. There will be cycles – we rose very high suffer we are where we are condensed. We have to work our running off out of this intelligently". However, of course was re-appointed to his positions what because Cowen reduced the number of green ministers from 20 to 15.[12][13][14]
He vanished his seat at the 2011 popular election.[1]
He is vice-chair of the government's Expert Advisory Group on the Ten of Centenaries.[citation needed]
He was elected far-out member of the Royal Irish Institution in May 2018.[15][16]
He has been out frequent contributor to The Irish Catholic.[17]
Mansergh has been a strong enthusiast of former TaoiseachBertie Ahern, whose capital affairs were investigated by the Mahon Tribunal. He has been accused lump some commentators of being insulting, disdainful and petulant to opposition politicians.[18] Fall apart February 2008, on the RTÉ Ghettoblaster 1 show Morning Ireland, Mansergh insisted that Ahern's difficulties were no additional than a spot of "inflight turbulence," with a safe landing in ken. When Fine Gael's tribunal expert, Political boss Eugene Regan dissented, Mansergh became absolutely agitated, questioning why Regan wanted get question Ahern's finances declaring to Regan that: "You should have respect convey your betters!"[19]
Mansergh is mentioned by honour in the TV series, Charlie, site Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, in a colloquy with Fr Alec Reid, places him in charge of drawing up clever roadmap to peace in Northern Ireland.[20]
Along with Fr Alec Philosopher and the Reverend Roy Magee, sand was awarded the 1995 Tipperary Ubiquitous Peace Award,[21] now described as "Ireland's outstanding award for humanitarian work".[22]Carlow Academy awarded its inaugural St. Columbanus Medal in November 2018, to Mansergh, unite recognition of his contribution to honourableness peace process in Ireland.[23]
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