Maurice Ahern is a former Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...

 politician. He was a member of Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council

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 for the Cabra

Cabra, Dublin

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–Glasnevin

Glasnevin

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 local electoral area from 1999 to 2009. He was first elected at the 1999 local elections

Irish local elections, 1999

The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 10 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.- Results :18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left...

, topping the poll. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He was the Lord Mayor of Dublin

Lord Mayor of Dublin

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 in 2000, and formerly Leader of the Fianna Fáil group on the council. He is a member of the Irish Sports Council

Irish Sports Council

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 and is married to Moira Murray-Ahern with five sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Dylan Ahern, was found dead in his apartment on 22 November 2009
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He is the elder brother of Bertie Ahern

Bertie Ahern

Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....

 and Noel Ahern

Noel Ahern

Noel Ahern is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North West constituency from 1992 to 2011. He also served as the Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Road Safety from May 2008 to April 2009...

, both of whom served as Fianna Fáil TDs, Bertie Ahern having served as Taoiseach

Taoiseach

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 from 1997–2008.

He was the Fianna Fáil candidate in the Dublin Central

Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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 by-election

Dublin Central by-election, 2009

A by-election was held in the Dublin Central constituency in Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, following the death of the Independent Teachta Dála Tony Gregory on 2 January 2009. The by-election was held on the same day as the 2009 European and local elections. A by-election was held in the Dublin...

 which was held on 5 June 2009. He lost that election being beaten into 5th place. He also, on the same day, to lose his council seat in the 2009 Local elections

Irish local elections, 2009

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