Background
COLLINS, Gerard was born in October 1938 in Abbeyfeale, Company Limerick, Ireland. Parents: the late James J. Collins.
COLLINS, Gerard was born in October 1938 in Abbeyfeale, Company Limerick, Ireland. Parents: the late James J. Collins.
St. Ita’s College, Abbeyfeale. Patrician College, Ballyfin. University College, Dublin, Bachelor of Arts.
Assistant General Secretary, Fianna Fail, 1965-1967. Member of the Dâil, since 1967. Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Industry and Commerce and to Minister for the Gaeltacht, 1969-1970.
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, 1970-1973. Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Agriculture, 1973-1975, Justice, 1975-1977. Member, Consultative Assembly and Council of Europe.
1973-1977; member, Limerick County Council, 1974-1977. Minister for Justice, 1977-1981, 1987-1989. Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1982, since 1989.
Chairman. Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Community Secondary Legislation, 1983-1987. Front Bench Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, 1983-1987. Former vocational teacher.
Spouse Hilary Tattan.