Séamus Healy is an Irish politician

Politician

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. He has been a Teachta Dála

Teachta Dála

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 (TD) for Tipperary South

Tipperary South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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 since the general election in February 2011,
having previously held the seat from 2000 to 2007.

He is part of the Clonmel based Workers and Unemployed Action Group which has a number of local representatives on South Tipperary County Council

South Tipperary County Council

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 and Clonmel Borough Council. He is a former member of the League for a Workers Republic

League for a Workers Republic

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A former hospital administrator, Healy was first elected to Clonmel Borough Council in 1985. He was elected to the 28th Dáil at a by-election on 22 June 2000. He was re-elected at the 2002 general election

Irish general election, 2002

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, but lost his seat at the 2007 general election to Martin Mansergh

Martin Mansergh

Martin Mansergh is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and historian. He was a Teachta Dála for the Tipperary South constituency from May 2007 until his defeat at the general election in February 2011. He was previously a senator from 2002 to 2007.He has played a leading role in formulating...

 of Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

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. After losing his Dáil seat he has returned to serve as councillor in South Tipperary for Clonmel, being co-opted for Pat English, after which he was appointed to various committees such as the local Vocational Education Committee

Vocational Education Committee

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, promotion of the Irish language

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 and various water supply committees.

His brother Paddy Healy served as president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland

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 and ran unsuccessfully in the Seanad elections in 2007 on the NUI

National University of Ireland (constituency)

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 panel, and in the 1980s ran in the Dublin North East

Dublin North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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 Dáil constituency as an Anti H-Block

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 candidate.

Séamus Healy was re-elected to South Tipperary County Council at the 2009 local elections

Irish local elections, 2009

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Healy won back his seat at the Irish general election, 2011 with 21.3% of the first preference vote.