(Gabriel) Gay Mitchell (born 30 December 1951) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency since 2004. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party, and a former Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South Central from 1981–2007.
Gay Mitchell was born in Inchicore, Dublin in 1951. He was educated at St. Michael's Congregation of Christian Brothers, Emmet Road Vocational School, Dublin Instit...
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(Gabriel) Gay Mitchell (born 30 December 1951) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency since 2004. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party, and a former Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South Central from 1981–2007.
Gay Mitchell was born in Inchicore, Dublin in 1951. He was educated at St. Michael's Congregation of Christian Brothers, Emmet Road Vocational School, Dublin Institute of Technology College of Commerce and Queen's University Belfast.
Mitchell first became involved in politics in 1979 as a member of Dublin City Council. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as Fine Gael TD at the 1981 general election for the Dublin South Central constituency. Since then he has served as a Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs. He was the Irish Representative on the Reflection Group which prepared the Amsterdam Treaty....
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