About Denis Lyons
Lived 1935 – 2014 (aged 78). Denis Lyons was an Irish politician.
Denis Lyons (1 August 1935 – 7 July 2014) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Lyons was elected to Cork County Council in 1972. He was re-elected at the next four general elections, until his defeat at the 1992 general election.
At the 1989 general election Fianna Fáil hoped to increase its representation in the 26th Dáil but instead lost seats, and entered a coalition government with the Progressive Democrats. Lyons returned to his previous job as Minister of State, this time in the renamed Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications. He left ministerial office in a reshuffle on 11 February 1992, when Albert Reynolds took over as Taoiseach.
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Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1935-2014)
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Denis Lyons was born on 1 August 1935 in County Cork.
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Denis Lyons died on 7 July 2014.
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Denis Lyons was a politician.
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Denis Lyons was Irish.
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