Background
SPRING, Dick was born on August 29, 1950 in Tralee, Company Kerry, Ireland. Parents: Dan Spring and Anne Spring.
Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party
SPRING, Dick was born on August 29, 1950 in Tralee, Company Kerry, Ireland. Parents: Dan Spring and Anne Spring.
Student, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Student, Kings Inns, Dublin.
Former barrister; minister state, justice, 1981-1982. Leader Irish Labour Party, 1982-1997. Deputy prime minister, 1982-1987.
Minister environmental, 1982-1983. Minister energy, 1983-1987. Party spokesman on Northern Ireland, 1987-1997.
On women's affairs, 1989-1991. Deputy prime minister, minister for foreign affairs, 1993-1997. Leader Labor Party Delaware, New Ireland Forum, 1984-1985.
Negotiator Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985. Leader Irish Delaware at Stormont Talks, 1996-1997. Member steering committee British Irish Parliamentary Body, 1989-1992.
Member Kerry County Council, 1979-1983, 87-91, 91-92. Associate fellow Kennedy School Government Harvard University, 1998. Member Council Foreign Relations.
Executive vice chairman Foreign Exchange Company Ireland, since 2002. Member Secretary General United Nations Group of Eminent Persons. Non-executive director, chairman various public and private companies.
Chairman Realta Global Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation.
Member Gaelic Athletic Association, Tralee Rugby Football Club, Lansdowne Football Club, Tralee Golf Club, Ballybunion Golf Club, European Club, International Club Boston.
Life partner, Kristi Hutcheson. 3 children.