Career
He was a Labour Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Meath constituency from 1992 to 1997, and since 1999 has been an independent local councillor on Meath County Council. Previously a SIPTU official, Fitzgerald was elected to Dáil Éireann for Meath during the swing to Labour at the 1992 general election. He had contested the seat unsuccessfully at the 1987 and 1989 general elections.
Like many other Labour TDs elected in 1992, he lost his seat at the 1997 general election.
Fitzgerald was an opponent of the Labour Party"s decision to merge with Democratic Left and resigned from the party in 1999. He was re-elected to Meath County Council, as an independent councillor for the Dunshaughlin local electoral area at the 1999 local elections.
Fitzgerald was re-elected at the 2014 local elections as an independent candidate for Ratoath electoral area.