Ben O'Quigley

John Benignus O'Quigley (died 29 May 1969) was an Irish barrister and Fine Gael politician from Castlebar, County Mayo. He was twice a member of Seanad Éireann. In 1950 he was called to the bar and resigned from the Civil Service. After the 1957 general election, O'Quigley was elected to the 9th Seanad on the Labour Panel. and later under Seán MacBride, on the legal team of plaintiff Gladys Ryan in Ryan v Attorney General, a water fluoridation controversy case wherein the Supreme Court found the Constitution of Ireland safeguarded the unenumerated right to bodily integrity. After the 1965 general election O'Quigley was elected to the 11th Seanad, this time from the Cultural and Educational Panel.