Career
Fitzgerald stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann at the 1973 general election in Dublin Central, at the 1977 general election in Dublin South–Central, and at the 1981 general election in Dublin South. In the same year he was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. After his Dáil defeat, he stood again for election to the Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel and was elected to the 17th Seanad.
He left the Seanad at the next election in 1987 and returned to his previous career as an auctioneer and estate agent.
He died in July 2015 at the age of 70. He died in July 2015.
